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The Vibrio cholerae Extracellular Chitinase ChiA2 Is Important for Survival and Pathogenesis in the Host Intestine

In aquatic environments, Vibrio cholerae colonizes mainly on the chitinous surface of copepods and utilizes chitin as the sole carbon and nitrogen source. Of the two extracellular chitinases essential for chitin utilization, the expression of chiA2 is maximally up-regulated in host intestine. Recent...

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Autores principales: Mondal, Moumita, Nag, Dhrubajyoti, Koley, Hemanta, Saha, Dhira Rani, Chatterjee, Nabendu Sekhar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4170974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25244128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103119