Expression of Cholera Toxin under Non-AKI Conditions in Vibrio cholerae El Tor Induced by Increasing the Exposed Surface of Cultures

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1355-1361

  Sánchez, Joaquín ^a   Medina, Gerardo ^c,f   Buhse, Thomas ^b   Holmgren, Jan ^e   Soberón Chavez, Gloria ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES QUÍMICAS   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTXAB GENE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AIR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA TOXIN; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELIUM; NITROGEN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1 BIOVAR ELTOR;

EID: 10744223474     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.5.1355-1361.2004     Document Type: Article

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