Molecular genetics of the tst element, a mobile pathogenicity island in Staphylococciis aureus

International Congress and Symposium Series - Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn , Issue 229, 1998, Pages 109-112

  Novick, R ^a   Lindsay, J ^a   Ruzin, A ^a   Ross, H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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