Activation of alpha-toxin translation in Staphylococcus aureus by the trans-encoded antisense RNA, RNAIII.

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Published in EMBO J on September 15, 1995

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E Morfeldt1, D Taylor, A von Gabain, S Arvidson

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1: Microbiology and Tumorbiology Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

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