Role of the major pneumococcal autolysin in the atypical response of a clinical isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

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Published in J Bacteriol on September 01, 1992

Authors

E Díaz1, R López, J L García

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1: Unidad de Genética Bacteriana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain.

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