Regulation, replication, and integration functions of the Vibrio cholerae CTXφ are encoded by region RS2

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 917-926

  Waldor, Matthew K ^a   Rubin, Eric J ^b   Pearson, Gregory D N ^b   Kimsey, Harvey ^a   Mekalanos, John J ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MAPPING; GENOME; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030797026     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3911758.x     Document Type: Article

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