Vibrio cholerae ToxR downregulates virulence factor production in response to cyclo(Phe-Pro)

mBio

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Renee Bina, X ^a   Taylor, Dawn L ^a   Vikram, Amit ^a   Ante, Vanessa M ^a   Bina, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; CHOLERA TOXIN OMPU; CHOLERA TOXIN TCPA; CHOLERA TOXIN TCPP; CHOLERA TOXIN TOXR; CYCLIC PHENYLALANYLPROLINE; DIPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

APHA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CFP GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; LEUO GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHOLERA; DIPEPTIDES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84887144689     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00366-13     Document Type: Article

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