General secretion pathway (eps) genes required for toxin secretion and outer membrane biogenesis in Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 6994-7003

  Sandkvist, Maria ^a,b   Michel, Linda Overbye ^c   Hough, Lloyd P ^c   Morales, Victor M ^d   Bagdasarian, Mira ^c   Koomey, Michael ^e   Dirita, Victor J ^e   Bagdasarian, Michael ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; ENTEROTOXIN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE CLUSTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OUTER MEMBRANE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SECRETION; STEM CELL; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AEROMONAS; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PSEUDOMONAS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 0030785514     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.22.6994-7003.1997     Document Type: Article

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