Characterization of role of the toxR gene in the physiology and pathogenicity of Vibrio alginolyticus

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 281-288

  Chang, Chen ^a   Qing Bai, Wang ^a   Zhu Hong, Liu ^a   Jing Jing, Zhao ^a   Xiao, Jiang ^a   Hong Yan, Sun ^a   Chun Hua, Ren ^a   Chao Qun, Hu ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bile resistance; Outer membrane protein; Pathogenicity; toxR; Vibrio alginolyticus

Indexed keywords

BILE SALT; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IRON KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TOXR GENE; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIOSIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FISH DISEASES; IRON; PERCIFORMES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 84857997786     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-011-9632-8     Document Type: Article

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