A role for bacteriophages in the evolution and transfer of bacterial virulence determinants.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on October 01, 1995

Authors

B F Cheetham1, M E Katz

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1: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.

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