Alternative mechanism of cholera toxin acquisition by Vibrio cholerae: Generalized transduction of CTXΦ by bacteriophage CP-T1

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5898-5905

  Boyd, E Fidelma ^a   Waldor, Matthew K ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DIARRHEA; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0032750088     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.5898-5905.1999     Document Type: Article

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