Transcriptional analysis of different promoters in the sar locus in Staphylococcus aureus.

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Published in J Bacteriol on August 01, 1998

Authors

A C Manna1, M G Bayer, A L Cheung

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1: Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA.

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