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Diphtheria Disease and Genes Involved in Formation of Diphthamide, Key Effector of the Diphtheria Toxin

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Shanow Uthman, Shihui Liu, Flaviano Giorgini, Michael J.R. Stark, Michael Costanzo and Raffael Schaffrath

Submitted: 01 April 2011 Published: 21 March 2012

DOI: 10.5772/31680

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Insight and Control of Infectious Disease in Global Scenario

Edited by Priti Kumar Roy

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Written By

Shanow Uthman, Shihui Liu, Flaviano Giorgini, Michael J.R. Stark, Michael Costanzo and Raffael Schaffrath

Submitted: 01 April 2011 Published: 21 March 2012