Survival in a cruel world: How Vibrio cholerae and Salmonella respond to an unwilling host

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1761-1774

  Slauch, James ^a   Taylor, Ronald ^b   Maloy, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SURVIVAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030802271     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.14.1761     Document Type: Review

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