Second messenger c-di-GMP signaling in pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pseudomonas

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 97-138

  Merighi, Massimo ^a   Lory, Steve ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3909-5_4     Document Type: Chapter

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