The Serratia-type hemolysin of Chromobacterium violaceum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-250

  Brumbach, Kevin C ^a   Eason, Bryan D ^a   Anderson, Lamont K ^a  

^a University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromobacterium violaceum; Hemolysin; Two partner secretion

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; CHLA GENE; CHLB GENE; CHLC GENE; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERRATIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOBACTERIUM; ERYTHROCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; OPERON; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; NEGIBACTERIA; SERRATIA;

EID: 33846278354     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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