Implications of physiological studies based on genomic sequences: Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 synthesizes a functional LytC lysozyme.

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Published in J Bacteriol on September 01, 2005

Authors

Miriam Moscoso1, Elena López, Ernesto García, Rubens López

Author Affiliations

1: Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

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