Effects of polyamines on Vibrio cholerae virulence properties.

Effects of polyamines on Vibrio cholerae virulence properties.

Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of the severe enteric disease cholera. To cause cholera the bacterium must be able to synthesize both cholera toxin (CT) and toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP) which mediates autoagglutination and is required for colonization of the small intestine. Only a few envir...

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Main Authors: John Bradley Goforth, Nicholas Emmanuel Walter, Ece Karatan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3622680?pdf=render

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