Characterization of the role of the ToxR-modulated outer membrane porins OmpU and OmpT in Vibrio cholerae virulence

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3652-3662

  Provenzano, D ^a   Lauriano, C M ^a   Klose, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; DETERGENT; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYMYXIN B; PORIN; PROTEIN OMPT; PROTEIN OMPU; PROTEIN TOXR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; EPISOME; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DETERGENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHENOTYPE; PORINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0034986996     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.12.3652-3662.2001     Document Type: Article

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