Small-molecule inhibitors of toxT expression in Vibrio cholerae

mBio

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Anthouard, Rebecca ^a   DiRita, Victor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 METHYLPHENYL) 4 (PYRIDINE 3 YL) 1H,4H,5H,6H PYRROLO[3,4 C] PYRAZOL 6 ONE; CHOLERA TOXIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; PROTEIN APHA; PROTEIN APHB; PROTEIN TCPP; PROTEIN TOXR; PROTEIN TOXT; RNA 16S; TOXTAZIN A; TOXTAZIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APHA GENE; APHB GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TCPP GENE; TOXIN COREGULATED PILUS; TOXR GENE; TOXT GENE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84883355764     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00403-13     Document Type: Article

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