Molecular mechanisms of action of bacterial exotoxins

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 284, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 170-206

  Balfanz, Joachim ^a   Rautenberg, Peter ^a   Ullmann, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(96)80095-8     Document Type: Article

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