A putative integrase gene defines the distal end of a large cluster of ToxR-regulated colonization genes in Vibrio cholerae

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2165-2174

  Kovach, Michael E ^a   Shaffer, Megan D ^a   Peterson, Kenneth M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Integrase; Mobile genetic element; ToxR regulon; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHOLERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; REGULON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0029823811     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-8-2165     Document Type: Article

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