Proteolytic activation of bacterial toxins: role of bacterial and host cell proteases.

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Published in Infect Immun on February 01, 1994

Authors

V M Gordon1, S H Leppla

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1: Laboratory of Microbial Ecology, National Institute of Dental Research, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

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