Single amino acid substitutions in the N-terminus of Vibrio cholerae TcpA affect colonization, autoagglutination, and serum resistance.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on September 01, 1995

Authors

S L Chiang1, R K Taylor, M Koomey, J J Mekalanos

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1: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

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