The cytolysin gene of Vibrio vulnificus: sequence and relationship to the Vibrio cholerae E1 Tor hemolysin gene.

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Published in Infect Immun on August 01, 1990

Authors

K Yamamoto1, A C Wright, J B Kaper, J G Morris

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1: Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan.

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