Characterization of Vibrio cholerae aerotaxis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-201

  Boin, Markus A ^a   Häse, Claudia C ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Cholera; Motility

Indexed keywords

AER 1 GENE; AER 2 GENE; AER 3 GENE; AER GENE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TSR GENE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 35448959680     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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