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S R Tintino1, C D M Oliveira-Tintino1, F F Campina1

  • 1Laboratory of Microbiology and Molecular Biology (LMBM), Department of Biological Chemistry, CCBS, URCA, Brazil.

Microbial Pathogenesis
|January 16, 2017
PubMed

Keywords:
CholesterolEfflux pumpsErgosterolStaphylococcus aureus

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