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Expression, Detergent Solubilization, and Purification of a Membrane Transporter, the MexB Multidrug Resistance Protein
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[The active efflux pump in antimicrobial resistance]

G Piédrola Angulo

    Anales De La Real Academia Nacional De Medicina
    |October 20, 2001
    PubMed

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