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Special Focus Review

The par toxin-antitoxin system from Enterococcus faecalis plasmid pAD1 and its chromosomal homologs

Pages 1498-1503 | Received 04 Sep 2012, Accepted 20 Sep 2012, Published online: 11 Oct 2012

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