VasH is a transcriptional regulator of the type VI secretion system functional in endemic and pandemic Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 6471-6482

  Kitaoka, Maya ^a   Miyata, Sarah T ^a   Brooks, Teresa M ^a   Unterweger, Daniel ^a   Pukatzki, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR RPON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASH PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; CHOLERA; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REGULATOR GENE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; CHOLERA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84855400936     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05414-11     Document Type: Article

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