Role of DnaK in in vitro and in vivo expression of virulence factors of Vibrio cholerae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1025-1033

  Chakrabarti, Sabyasachi ^a,b   Sengupta, Nilanjan ^a   Chowdhury, Rukhsana ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT SHOCK; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0033015775     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.3.1025-1033.1999     Document Type: Article

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