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Taira, S., Riikonen, P., Saarilahti, H. et al. The mkaC virulence gene of the Salmonella serovar Typhimurium 96 kb plasmid encodes a transcriptional activator. Molec. Gen. Genet. 228, 381–384 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00260630
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