Role of SarA in virulence determinant production and environmental signal transduction in Staphylococcus aureus.

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Published in J Bacteriol on December 01, 1998

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P F Chan1, S J Foster

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1: Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom.

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