Lysogenic conversion of environmental Vibrio mimicus strains by CTXΦ

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5723-5729

  Faruque, Shah M ^a,c   Rahman, M Mostafizur ^a   Asadulghani, ^a   Islam, K M Nasirul ^a   Mekalanos, John J ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BANGLADESH; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; GENOME; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REGULATOR GENE; VIBRIO MIMICUS;

EID: 0032758024     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.5723-5729.1999     Document Type: Article

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