Regulation and temporal expression patterns of Vibrio cholerae virulence genes during infection

Cell

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 625-634

  Sang Ho, Lee ^b   Hava, David L ^b   Waldor, Matthew K ^a   Camilli, Andrew ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHOLERA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0033544713     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81551-2     Document Type: Article

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