Molecular cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression in Escherichia coli of a hemolytic toxin (aerolysin) gene from Aeromonas trota

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2473-2478

  Khan, Ashraf A ^a   Kim, Eungbin ^a   Cerniglia, Carl E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROLYSIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS TROTA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

AEROMONAS ENTEROPELOGENES; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; AEROMONAS TROTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031841736     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.7.2473-2478.1998     Document Type: Article

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