Biosynthesis of O-antigen chains and assembly

Microbial Glycobiology: Structures, Relevance and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 319-335

  Reeves, Peter R ^a   Cunneen, Monica M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374546-0.00018-3     Document Type: Chapter

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