Molecular Characterization of an Outer Membrane Protein of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Belonging to the OmpA Family
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.1.369-372.1998