Identification of a novel gene, dep, associated with depolymerization of the capsular polymer in Bacillus anthracis.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on August 01, 1993

Authors

I Uchida1, S Makino, C Sasakawa, M Yoshikawa, C Sugimoto, N Terakado

Author Affiliations

1: National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki, Japan.

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