Leptospira interrogans Secreted Proteases Degrade Extracellular Matrix and Plasma Proteins From the Host
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Citation: da Silva LB, Menezes MC, Kitano ES, Oliveira AK, Abreu AG, Souza GO, Heinemann MB, Isaac L, Fraga TR, Serrano SMT and Barbosa AS (2018) Leptospira interrogans Secreted Proteases Degrade Extracellular Matrix and Plasma Proteins From the Host. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 8:92. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00092 Leptospira interrogans Secreted Proteases Degrade Extracellular Matrix and Plasma Proteins From the Host
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