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1998 • 358 citations

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1995 • 174 citations

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1987 • 157 citations

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1984 • 155 citations

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1994 • 119 citations

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1997 • 118 citations

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1992 • 115 citations

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1992 • 101 citations

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1992 • 95 citations

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1997 • 88 citations

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1995 • 79 citations

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1995 • 79 citations

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1997 • 75 citations

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1996 • 69 citations

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1998 • 62 citations

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2006 • 58 citations

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1997 • 57 citations

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1996 • 55 citations

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1997 • 54 citations

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1996 • 51 citations

Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin induces cytoskeletal changes and surface blebbing in HT-29 cells

1996 • 50 citations

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1996 • 38 citations

Bacteroides fragilis toxin rearranges the actin cytoskeleton of HT29/C1 cells without direct proteolysis of actin or decrease in F-actin content

1997 • 32 citations

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1995 • 17 citations