Breaking the Stereotype: Virulence Factor–Mediated Protection of Host Cells in Bacterial Pathogenesis

Stephanie R. Shames; B. Brett Finlay

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1001057

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Breaking the Stereotype: Virulence Factor–Mediated Protection of Host Cells in Bacterial Pathogenesis

Stephanie R. Shames,

Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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B. Brett Finlay

* E-mail: bfinlay@interchange.ubc.ca

Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Breaking the Stereotype: Virulence Factor–Mediated Protection of Host Cells in Bacterial Pathogenesis

Stephanie R. Shames,
B. Brett Finlay

Published: September 16, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1001057

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