Alterations in the pathogenicity of Escherichia coli K-12 after transfer of plasmid and chromosomal genes from Shigella flexneri.

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Published in Infect Immun on March 01, 1983

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P J Sansonetti, T L Hale, G J Dammin, C Kapfer, H H Collins, S B Formal

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