Genetic and transcriptional analyses of the Vibrio cholerae mannose- sensitive hemagglutinin type 4 pilus gene locus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1110-1117

  Marsh, Jane W ^a   Taylor, Ronald K ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIOPHAGE RECEPTOR; GENTAMICIN; HEMAGGLUTININ; KANAMYCIN; MANNOSE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM PILUS; DNA TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SECRETION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0033029470     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1110-1117.1999     Document Type: Article

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