Patho-biotechnology; using bad bugs to make good bugs better

Science Progress

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  Sleator, Roy D ^a   Hill, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Infection; Listeria; Patho biotechnology; Pathogen; Probiotics; Stress; Vaccination; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047266686     PISSN: 00368504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/003685007780440530     Document Type: Article

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