Induction of the lysogenic phage encoding cholera toxin in naturally occurring strains of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3752-3757

  Faruque, Shah M ^a,c   Asadulghani, ^a   Alim, A R M Abdul ^a   Albert, M John ^a   Islam, K M Nasirul ^a   Mekalanos, John J ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; FECES LEVEL; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0031824612     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.8.3752-3757.1998     Document Type: Article

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