A bacteriophage encoding a pathogenicity island, a type-IV pilus and a phage receptor in cholera bacteria

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6734, 1999, Pages 375-379

  Karaolis, David K R ^a,b   Somara, Sita ^a   Maneval Jr , David R ^a   Johnson, Judith A ^b,c   Kaper, James B ^a,b  

^a University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE RECEPTOR; CHOLERA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM PILUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS GENE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CHOLERA TOXIN; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, VIRAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, VIRUS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHOLERA VIBRIO; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILAMENTOUS BACTERIOPHAGE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YERSINIA;

EID: 0033609358     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/20715     Document Type: Article

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