Alterations in Vibrio cholerae motility phenotypes correlate with changes in virulence factor expression

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2246-2255

  Gardel, Claudette L ^a   Mekalanos, John J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; FUCOSE; HEMAGGLUTININ; HEMOLYSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0029920263     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.2246-2255.1996     Document Type: Article

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