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Review
. 2014 Dec 11;10(12):e1004472.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004472. eCollection 2014 Dec.

Microbial urease in health and disease

Diego Mora  1 , Stefania Arioli  1
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Review

Microbial urease in health and disease

Diego Mora et al. PLoS Pathog. .
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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Schematic representation of the reaction catalyzed by microbial urease and the involvement of these enzymes in microbial physiology, human health, and disease.
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