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[Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM affects host adhesion-related gene expression after adhering to host]

Linlin Han1, Chaoxin Man, Xuena Lv

  • 1Key Lab of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education of China. 359603327@qq.com

Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao = Acta Microbiologica Sinica
|August 2, 2011
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