Structural biology of the chaperone–usher pathway of pilus biogenesis
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Waksman, G., & Hultgren, S. J. (2009). Structural biology of the chaperone–usher pathway of pilus biogenesis. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 7(11), 765–774.

Authors 2
  1. Gabriel Waksman (first)
  2. Scott J. Hultgren (additional)
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