Identification of the Vibrio vulnificus fexA Gene and Evaluation of its Influence on Virulence |
JU HYUN-MOK
(Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Chonnam National University)
HWANG IN-GYUN (Division of Food Microbiology, Korea Food and Drug Administration) WOO GUN-JO (Division of Food Microbiology, Korea Food and Drug Administration) KIM TAE SUNG (School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University) CHOI SANG HO (Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, and Center for Agricultural Biomaterials, Seoul National University) |
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