Genome of bacteriophage CTXφ without the presence of ctxAB exists in ctxAB- strains of Vibrio cholerae

Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-179

  Kan, Biao ^a   Qi, Guoming ^a   Liu, Yanqing ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Cholera toxin; CTX genome; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038299809     PISSN: 02545101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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