Progress in rapid screening of Bacillus anthracis lethal factor activity.
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*Unité des Toxines et Pathogénie Bactérienne, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité de Recherche Associée 2172, Institut Pasteur, 28, Rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France; and ‡Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Structurale, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U266-Unité Mixte de Recherche 8600 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité de Formation et de Recherche des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, 4 Avenue de l’Observatoire, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
دوره 99 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002