From Early Metabolic Inhibition to Late Signal Interference: A Sequential Mechanism by which Antimicrobial Peptide P92 Targeting OmpA Inhibits Acinetobacter baumannii Biofilm
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ORGANISM(S): Acinetobacter Baumannii Abnih6
SUBMITTER: 
Xiaoyan Xue
PROVIDER: PXD072782 | iProX | Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 GMT 2026
REPOSITORIES: iProX
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