The global regulator arcA modulates expression of virulence factors in Vibrio cholerae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 5583-5589

  Sengupta, Nilanjan ^a,b   Paul, Kalidas ^a   Chowdhury, Rukhsana ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN TCPP; PROTEIN TOXR; PROTEIN TOXT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXIN COREGULATED PILUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0141780986     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.10.5583-5589.2003     Document Type: Article

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