Deletion of Repeats in the Alpha C Protein Enhances the Pathogenicity of Group B Streptococci in Immune Mice

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• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  Infection and Immunity

• Publication date

  1998-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1128/IAI.66.9.4347-4354.1998PMID 9712787PMCID PMC108525
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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