Divergence and transcriptional analysis of the division cell wall (dcw) gene cluster in Neisseria spp.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on January 01, 2003

Authors

Lori A S Snyder1, William M Shafer, Nigel J Saunders

Author Affiliations

1: The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Univrsity of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK. lsnyder@molbiol.ox.ac.uk

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