Comparative genomic analyses of the vibrio pathogenicity island and cholera toxin prophage regions in nonepidemic serogroup strains of Vibrio cholerae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1728-1738

  Li, Manrong ^a,b,c   Kotetishvili, Mamuka ^a   Chen, Yuansha ^a   Sozhamannan, Shanmuga ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Intralytix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; PATHOLOGY; TOXIC MATERIALS;

VIBRIO PATHOGENICITY;

GENES;

BACTERIAL DNA; CHOLERA TOXIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CTXAB; PROTEIN RSTR; PROTEIN TCPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PATHOGENICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROPHAGE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROPHAGES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

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

EID: 0037337810     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.3.1728-1738.2003     Document Type: Article

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