The three Vibrio cholerae chromosome II-encoded ParE toxins degrade chromosome I following loss of chromosome II

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 611-619

  Yuan, Jie ^a,b,c   Yamaichi, Yoshiharu ^a   Waldor, Matthew K ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HHMI   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA DAMAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLASMIDS; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 78751537637     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01185-10     Document Type: Article

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