Detection of TDH and TRH genes in a urea-hydrolysing environmental isolate of vibrio parahaemolyticus from the Andamans

Journal of Diarrhoeal Diseases Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-90

  Ghosh, A R ^a   Sehgal, S C ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Gene, bacterial; Urease; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; THERMOSTABLE DIRECT HEMOLYSIN; THERMOSTABLE DIRECT HEMOLYSIN RELATED HEMOLYSIN PROTEIN, VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; THERMOSTABLE DIRECT HEMOLYSIN-RELATED HEMOLYSIN PROTEIN, VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; UREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; INDIA; UREA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0032083216     PISSN: 02538768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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