Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Regulator-Encoding Genes Have an Additive Effect on Virulence Gene Expression in a <named-content content-type="genus-species">Vibrio cholerae</named-content> Clinical Isolate

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Regulator-Encoding Genes Have an Additive Effect on Virulence Gene Expression in a <named-content content-type="genus-species">Vibrio cholerae</named-content> Clinical Isolate

ABSTRACT Vibrio cholerae is the etiological agent of the infectious disease cholera, which is characterized by vomiting and severe watery diarrhea. Recently, V. cholerae clinical isolates have demonstrated increased virulence capabilities, causing more severe symptoms with a much higher rate of dise...

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Main Authors: Bailey M. Carignan, Kyle D. Brumfield, Mike S. Son
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-10-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
Toxin-coregulated pilus
Vibrio cholerae
cholera toxin
hapR
hns
luxO
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00253-16

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00253-16

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