Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin

The Comprehensive Sourcebook of Bacterial Protein Toxins

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 468-490

  McClain, Mark S ^a   Cover, Timothy L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088445-2/50029-9     Document Type: Chapter

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