Physical linkage of the Vibrio cholerae mannose-sensitive hemagglutinin secretory and structural subunit gene loci: Identification of the mshG coding sequence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 460-465

  Marsh, Jane W ^a   Sun, Daxi ^b   Taylor, Ronald K ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; MANNOSE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CHOLERA; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE LOCUS; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030071927     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.2.460-465.1996     Document Type: Article

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