Enhanced interaction of Vibrio cholerae virulence regulators TcpP and ToxR under oxygen-limiting conditions

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1676-1682

  Fan, Fenxia ^a   Liu, Zhi ^b   Jabeen, Nusrat ^c   Dillon Birdwell, L ^b   Zhu, Jun ^b   Kan, Biao ^d  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL URDU UNIVERSITY OF ARTS   (Pakistan)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DITHIOTHREITOL; DSBA PROTEIN; HETERODIMER; OXYGEN; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; TCPP PROTEIN; TOXR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE INDUCTION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84896457755     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01377-13     Document Type: Article

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