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Dziadek, J.
Cross, T. A.
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Rajagopalan, M.
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Ziolkiewicz, M.
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Vadrevu, S. I.
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Dziadek, J.
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Arthur, M.
Dziadek, J.
Cross, T. A.
Madiraju, M.
Rajagopalan, M.
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Vadrevu, S. I.
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Arthur, M.
Dziadek, J.
Cross, T. A.
Madiraju, M.
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Characterization of CrgA, a New Partner of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Peptidoglycan Polymerization Complexes
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spellingShingle Plocinski, P., Ziolkiewicz, M., Kiran, M., Vadrevu, S. I., Nguyen, H. B., Hugonnet, J., Veckerle, C., Arthur, M., Dziadek, J., Cross, T. A., Madiraju, M., Rajagopalan, M., Journal of Bacteriology, Characterization of CrgA, a New Partner of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Peptidoglycan Polymerization Complexes, Molecular Biology, Microbiology
title Characterization of CrgA, a New Partner of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Peptidoglycan Polymerization Complexes
title_full Characterization of CrgA, a New Partner of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Peptidoglycan Polymerization Complexes
title_fullStr Characterization of CrgA, a New Partner of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Peptidoglycan Polymerization Complexes
title_full_unstemmed Characterization of CrgA, a New Partner of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Peptidoglycan Polymerization Complexes
title_short Characterization of CrgA, a New Partner of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Peptidoglycan Polymerization Complexes
title_sort characterization of crga, a new partner of the mycobacterium tuberculosis peptidoglycan polymerization complexes
title_unstemmed Characterization of CrgA, a New Partner of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Peptidoglycan Polymerization Complexes
topic Molecular Biology, Microbiology
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.00188-11