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Sheremet A.B.

N.F. Gamaleya Federal Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia

Nesterenko L.N.

N.F. Gamaleya Federal Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia

Zigangirova N.A.

Gamaleya Federal Research Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow, Russia

Pseudomonas aeruginosa type three-secretion system as a target for development of antivirulence drugs

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Sheremet A.B., Nesterenko L.N., Zigangirova N.A.

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Sheremet AB, Nesterenko LN, Zigangirova NA. Pseudomonas aeruginosa type three-secretion system as a target for development of antivirulence drugs. Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Virology. 2020;38(1):3‑14. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/molgen2020380113

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