Conservation and evolutionary dynamics of the agr cell-to-cell communication system across firmicutes.

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Published in J Bacteriol on October 12, 2007

Authors

Arthur Wuster1, M Madan Babu

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1: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom. awuster@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk

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