Cloning and characterization of vuuA, a gene encoding the Vibrio vulnificus ferric vulnibactin receptor.

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Published in Infect Immun on February 01, 2000

Authors

A C Webster1, C M Litwin

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1: Section of Clinical Immunology, Microbiology and Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA.

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