Functional characterization of the stringent response regulatory gene dksA of Vibrio cholerae and its role in modulation of virulence phenotypes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 5638-5648

  Pal, Ritesh Ranjan ^a   Bag, Satyabrata ^a   Dasgupta, Shreya ^a   Das, Bhabatosh ^a   Bhadra, Rupak K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ PROTEASE; PROTEINASE; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHOLERA TOXIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; LOCOMOTION; PHENOTYPE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84868525121     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00518-12     Document Type: Article

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