Characterization of a new cytotoxin that contributes to Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on December 13, 2010

Authors

Ashley L Dumont1, Tyler K Nygaard, Robert L Watkins, Amanda Smith, Lina Kozhaya, Barry N Kreiswirth, Bo Shopsin, Derya Unutmaz, Jovanka M Voyich, Victor J Torres

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Microbiology Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.

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