The urease gene cluster of Vibrio parahaemolyticus does not influence the expression of the thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH) gene or the TDH-related hemolysin gene

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-239

  Nakaguchi, Yoshitsugu ^a   Okuda, Jun ^b   Iida, Tetsuya ^c   Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

lacZ transcriptional fusion; tdh gene; trh gene; Urease; Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HEMOLYSIN; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; THERMOSTABLE DIRECT HEMOLYSIN GENE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0037240433     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03392.x     Document Type: Article

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