Environmental signals modulate ToxT-dependent virulence factor expression in Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1508-1514

  Schuhmacher, Darren A ^a   Klose, Karl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHOLERA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0032987096     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.5.1508-1514.1999     Document Type: Article

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