Purification and characterization of an extracellular secretogenic non- membrane-damaging cytotoxin produced by clinical strains of Vibrio cholerae non-O1

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3101-3108

  Saha, Pradip K ^a   Koley, Hemanta ^a   Balakrish Nair, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; CYTOTOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; VEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ILEUM; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030054832     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.3101-3108.1996     Document Type: Article

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