A Gram-positive three-component antimicrobial peptide-sensing system
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ORGANISM(S): Rickettsia rickettsii Staphylococcus epidermidis RP62A Coxiella burnetii RSA 493 Granulibacter bethesdensis Staphylococcus epidermidis Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC 12228 Chlamydia muridarum Chlamydia trachomatis D/UW-3/CX Staphylococcus haemolyticus JCSC1435 Borreliella burgdorferi B31 Chlamydia pneumoniae AR39 Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus MW2 Coxiella burnetii Chlamydia caviae GPIC
PROVIDER: GSE7163 | GEO | 2008/02/26
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA98169
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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