Novel Type of Specialized Transduction for CTXφ or Its Satellite Phage RS1 Mediated by Filamentous Phage VGJφ in Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 7231-7240

  Campos, Javier ^a   Martínez, Eriel ^a   Marrero, Karen ^a   Silva, Yussuan ^a   Rodríguez, Boris L ^a   Suzarte, Edith ^a   Ledón, Talena ^a   Fando, Rafael ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; CHOLERA VACCINE; HEMAGGLUTININ; MANNOSE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CTXAB GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXIN COREGULATED PILUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS PARTICLE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CHOLERA TOXIN; CHOLERA VACCINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; LYSOGENY; PLASMIDS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PHAGE CTX;

EID: 0344235387     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.24.7231-7240.2003     Document Type: Article

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