Duplication of Hemolysin Genes in a Virulent Isolate of Vibrio harveyi

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 3161-3167

  Zhang, X H ^a   Meaden, P G ^a   Austin, B ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; VHHA PROTEIN, VIBRIO HARVEYI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FISH DISEASE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMOLYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SHARK; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ERYTHROCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FISH DISEASES; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERCIFORMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHARKS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035403499     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.7.3161-3167.2001     Document Type: Article

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