ToxR-independent expression of cholera toxin from the replicative form of CTXφ

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 394-397

  Lazar, Sara ^a   Waldor, Matthew K ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHOLERA; INTESTINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0031985289     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.1.394-397.1998     Document Type: Article

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