Effects of amino acid supplementation on porin expression and ToxR levels in Vibrio cholerae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 518-528

  Mey, Alexandra R ^a   Craig, Stephanie A ^a   Payne, Shelley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; BILE ACID; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PORIN; SERINE;

ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHEMOTAXIS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTESTINES; MUCINS; PORINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RABBITS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84857149053     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05851-11     Document Type: Article

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