Molecular structure of the gene cluster responsible for the synthesis of the polysaccharide capsule of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 33F.

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Published in Biochim Biophys Acta on November 26, 1998

Authors

D Llull1, R López, E García, R Muñoz

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1: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Velázquez 144, 28006 Madrid, Spain.

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