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Tracy L Raivio1

  • 1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada traivio@ualberta.ca.

Journal of Bacteriology
|November 8, 2017
PubMed

Keywords:
DegPEscherichia coliGram negativeYjfNbacterial envelopeproteolysisstress response

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