Analysis of an autoregulatory loop controlling ToxT, cholera toxin, and toxin-coregulated pilus production in Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2584-2592

  Yu, Rosa R ^a   Dirita, Victor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CHOLERA TOXIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0032939638     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.8.2584-2592.1999     Document Type: Article

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