The accessory gene regulator (agr) controls Staphylococcus aureus virulence in a murine arthritis model.

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Published in Infect Immun on September 01, 1993

Authors

A Abdelnour1, S Arvidson, T Bremell, C Rydén, A Tarkowski

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1: Department of Clinical Immunology, University of Göteborg, Sweden.

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