Cloning and sequence analysis of genes encoding Staphylococcus hyicus exfoliative toxin types A, B, C, and D.

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Published in J Bacteriol on March 01, 2004

Authors

Peter Ahrens1, Lars Ole Andresen

Author Affiliations

1: Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research, DK 1790 Copenhagen, Denmark. pa@vetinst.dk

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