The vibrio cholerae O139 Calcutta bacteriophage CTXφ is infectious and encodes a novel repressor

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 6779-6787

  Davis, Brigid M ^a   Kimsey, Harvey H ^a   Chang, William ^a   Waldor, Matthew K ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHOLERA; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRION;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0032724565     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.21.6779-6787.1999     Document Type: Article

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