The Vibrio cholerae VarS/VarA two-component system controls the expression of virulence proteins through ToxT regulation

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1466-1473

  Jang, Jeyoun ^a   Jung, Kyung Tae ^a   Park, Jungchan ^b   Yoo, Cheon Kwon ^a   Rhie, Gi Eun ^a  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^b Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CT PROTEIN; TCP PROTEIN; TOXT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHOLERA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79955749079     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.043737-0     Document Type: Article

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