Genesis of variants of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype E1 Tor: Role of the CTXφ array and its position in the genome

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-97

  Nandi, Suvobroto ^a   Maiti, Diganta ^a   Saha, Arjun ^a   Bhadra, Rupak K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHOLERA TOXIN; PEPTONE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA MICROARRAY; EPIDEMIC; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST; INDIA; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YEAST;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; LYSOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROPHAGES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1 BIOVAR ELTOR;

EID: 0037256301     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.25599-0     Document Type: Review

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