Identification and Characterization of the wbpO Gene Essential for Lipopolysaccharide Synthesis in Vibrio vulnificus |
Park Na-Young
(Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, and Center for Agricultural Biomaterials, Seoul National University)
Lee Jeong-Hyun (Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, and Center for Agricultural Biomaterials, Seoul National University) Lee Byung-Cheol (School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University) 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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