Complete DNA sequence and analysis of the large virulence plasmid of Shigella flexneri.

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Published in Infect Immun on May 01, 2001

Authors

M M Venkatesan1, M B Goldberg, D J Rose, E J Grotbeck, V Burland, F R Blattner

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1: Department of Enteric Infections, Division of Communicable Diseases and Immunology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, USA. Malabi.Venkatesan@NA.AMEDD.ARMY.MIL

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