Comparative analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae genomes identifies a phospholipase D family protein as a novel virulence factor.

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Published in BMC Biol on May 29, 2014

Authors

Letícia M S Lery1, Lionel Frangeul, Anna Tomas, Virginie Passet, Ana S Almeida, Suzanne Bialek-Davenet, Valérie Barbe, José A Bengoechea, Philippe Sansonetti, Sylvain Brisse, Régis Tournebize

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1: Institut Pasteur - Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire, Paris, France. llery@biof.ufrj.br.

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