The ToxT-dependent methyl-accepting chemoreceptors AcfB and TcpI contribute to Vibrio cholerae intestinal colonization

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 302, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-105

  Chaparro, Adriana Paola ^a   Ali, Syed Khalid ^a   Klose, Karl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Cholera; Colonization; Methyl accepting chemoreceptor

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN ACFB; PROTEIN TCPI; PROTEIN TOXT; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACFB GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TCPI GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 74049108252     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01835.x     Document Type: Article

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