Construction and characterization of rtxA and rtxC mutants of auxotrophic O139 Vibrio cholerae

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-90

  Cheong, Tan Gim ^a   Chan, Melissa ^a   Kurunathan, Sinniah ^a   Ali, Syed Atif ^b   ZiNing, Tan ^b   Zainuddin, Zainul Fadziruddin ^b   Lalitha, Pattabhiraman ^b   Ravichandran, Manickam ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

MARTX toxin; O139 Bengal; RTX toxin; rtxA; rtxC; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BACTERIAL VACCINE; CHOLERA TOXIN; CHOLERA VACCINE; ROSE BENGAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VCUSM10 VACCINE; VCUSM9 VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHOLERA VACCINES; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RABBITS; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O139; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

NEGIBACTERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 74149089134     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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