Genetic characterization of a new type IV-A pilus gene cluster found in both classical and El Tor biotypes of Vibrio cholerae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1393-1404

  Fullner, Karla Jean ^a   Mekalanos, John J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOTYPOLOGY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0033015043     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.3.1393-1404.1999     Document Type: Article

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