Growth phase regulation of Vibrio cholerae RTX toxin export

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1827-1835

  Boardman, Bethany Kay ^a   Meehan, Brian M ^a,b   Satchell, Karla J Fullner ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; PROTEINASE; RTX TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUORUM SENSING; SUPERNATANT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 33947366467     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01766-06     Document Type: Article

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