Selection for bacterial genes that are specifically induced in host tissues: the hunt for virulence factors.

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Published in Infect Agents Dis on August 01, 1993

Authors

M J Mahan1, J M Slauch, P C Hanna, A Camilli, J W Tobias, M K Waldor, J J Mekalanos

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.

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