The tcp gene cluster of Vibrio cholerae

Gene

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-70

  Manning, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adherence; Colonization; Fimbria; Toxin co regulated pilus

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; EPIMERASE; HEMAGGLUTININ; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISULFIDE BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHOLERA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030957263     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00036-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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