Microbial IgA proteases

Bacterial Enzymes and Virulence

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 81-104

  Mulks, Martha H ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781351070041     Document Type: Chapter

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