Regulation of Listeria monocytogenes virulence genes

Listeria Monocytogenes: Pathogenesis and Host Response

Volumn 9780387493763, Issue , 2007, Pages 139-158

  Miner, Maurine D ^a   Port, Gary C ^a   Freitag, Nancy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-49376-3_7     Document Type: Chapter

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