Characterization of VPI pathogenicity island and CTXφ prophage in environmental strains of Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 4737-4746

  Mukhopadhyay, A K ^a   Chakraborty, S ^a   Takeda, Y ^a   Nair, G B ^a   Berg, D E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; EVOLUTION; GENE REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHOLERA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROVIRUSES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0034902143     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.16.4737-4746.2001     Document Type: Article

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