The purine biosynthesis regulator PurR moonlights as a virulence regulator in Staphylococcus aureus
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INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive HF-X (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
ORGANISM(S): Staphylococcus Aureus (ncbitaxon:1280)
SUBMITTER: 
Beatrix Ueberheide
PROVIDER: MSV000083904 | MassIVE | Thu Jun 06 08:06:00 BST 2019
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PXD014162
REPOSITORIES: MassIVE
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