Filamentous phages linked to virulence of Vibrio cholerae

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-42

  Davis, Brigid M ^a   Waldor, Matthew K ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; CHOLERA TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM PILUS; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENOME; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0037325258     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(02)00005-X     Document Type: Review

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