Intestinal Colonization Dynamics of Vibrio cholerae

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Almagro Moreno, Salvador ^a   Pruss, Kali ^a   Taylor, Ronald K ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; HEMAGGLUTININ; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 3; MUCIN 5AC; MULTIVALENT ADHESION MOLECULE 7; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEINASE; SIALIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BILE; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOTAXIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PH; REVIEW; SWIMMING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHOLERA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHOLERA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84930328219     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004787     Document Type: Review

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