Antibiotics as signalling molecules.

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Published in Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci on July 29, 2007

Authors

Grace Yim1, Helena Huimi Wang, Julian Davies

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1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

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