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Bacterial secretome: the assembly manual and operating instructions (Review)

Anastassios Economou Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FO.R.T.H. and Department of Biology, University of Crete, PO Box 1527, GR-711 10 Iraklio, Crete, Greece
Pages 159-169 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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