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. 1991 Nov;173(22):7065–7069. doi: 10.1128/jb.173.22.7065-7069.1991

Atypical lipoteichoic acids of gram-positive bacteria.

I C Sutcliffe 1, N Shaw 1
PMCID: PMC209210  PMID: 1938910

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