Toxin-coregulated pilus, but not mannose-sensitive hemagglutinin, is required for colonization by Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor biotype and O139 strains

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2853-2856

  Helene Thelin, K ^a   Taylor, Ronald K ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; HEMAGGLUTININ; MANNOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; DELETION MUTANT; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 8944220712     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.7.2853-2856.1996     Document Type: Article

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