Genetics of vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 surface polysaccharides

Genetics of Bacterial Polysaccharides

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 133-159

  Stroeher, Uwe H ^a   Manning, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420074413     Document Type: Chapter

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