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. 1995 Mar;177(5):1123–1128. doi: 10.1128/jb.177.5.1123-1128.1995

Lipoproteins of gram-positive bacteria.

I C Sutcliffe 1, R R Russell 1
PMCID: PMC176714  PMID: 7868582

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