Molecular mechanism of acquisition of the cholera toxin genes

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-200

  Das, Bhabatosh ^a   Bischerour, Julien ^a   Barre, François Xavier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dif; Site specific recombination; XerC; XerD

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; DIMER;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROPHAGE; REVIEW; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMISTRY; CHOLERA; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, VIRAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

EID: 79952940896     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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