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The authors wish to thank Celeste Brown (University of Idaho), Bill Klimke (NCBI), and Miguel Cevallos (CFN, Mexico) for useful discussions.
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Frost, L.S., Thomas, C.M. (2014). Naming and Annotation of Plasmids. In: Bell, E. (eds) Molecular Life Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6436-5_568-2
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