Temperature-Dependency Urease Activity in Vibrio parahaemolyticus is Related to Transcriptional Activator UreR
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Park, Kwon-Sam
(Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, College of Ocean Science and Technology, Kunsan National University)
Lee, Soo-Jae (Department of Manufacturing Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University) Chung, Yong-Hyun (Ecological Engineering, College of Environmental and Marine Science and Technology, Pukyong National University) Iida, Tetsuya (Department of Bacterial Infections, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University) Honda, Takeshi (Department of Bacterial Infections, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University) |
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