Purification and characterization of novel toxin produced by Vibrio cholerae O1

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 5215-5222

  Walia, Kamini ^a   Ghosh, Sujata ^a   Singh, Harminder ^a   Nair, G B ^b   Ghosh, Amit ^c   Sahni, Girish ^c   Vohra, Harpreet ^a   Ganguly, Nirmal Kumar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; HEAT SENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INTESTINE CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0032834798     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.10.5215-5222.1999     Document Type: Article

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