CTXφ and Vibrio cholerae: Exploring a newly recognized type of phage-host cell relationship

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 347-356

  McLeod, Sarah M ^a   Kimsey, Harvey H ^a   Davis, Brigid M ^a   Waldor, Matthew K ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HOST CELL; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; GENETICS; INOVIRIDAE; LYSOGENIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

FILAMENTOUS BACTERIOPHAGE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

INOVIRUS; LYSOGENY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 22144431907     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04676.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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