Bacillus cereus enterotoxins, bi- and tri-component cytolysins, and other hemolysins

The Comprehensive Sourcebook of Bacterial Protein Toxins

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 779-790

  Michelet, Nathalie ^a   Mahillon, Jacques ^a   Granum, Per Einar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

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