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Luo X, Chen L, Huang Q, Zheng J, Zhou W, Peng D, Ruan L, Sun M*. 2013. Bacillus thuringiensis metalloproteinase Bmp1 functions as a nematicidal virulence factor. Appl Environ Microbiol 79: 460-468.

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