Effect of anaerobiosis on expression of virulence factors in Vibrio cholerae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3961-3967

  Krishnan, H H ^a,b   Ghosh, Amalendu ^a   Paul, Kalidas ^a   Chowdhury, Rukhsana ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; PROTEIN TCPP; PROTEIN TOXR; TOXIN COREGULATED PILUS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXT GENE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OXYGEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 3042594729     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.7.3961-3967.2004     Document Type: Article

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