Host-microbial symbiosis in the mammalian intestine: Exploring an internal ecosystem

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 336-343

  Hooper, Lora V ^a   Bry, Lynn ^a   Falk, Per G ^a   Gordon, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0032054355     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199804)20:4<336::AID-BIES10>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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