Phase variation in tcpH modulates expression of the ToxR regulon in Vibrio cholerae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1099-1111

  Carroll, Patricia A ^a   Tashima, Karen T ^a,b   Rogers, Marc B ^a   DiRita, Victor J ^c   Calderwood, Stephen B ^a,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030931193     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.5371901.x     Document Type: Article

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