Vibrio cholerae cytolysin is essential for high enterotoxicity and apoptosis induction produced by a cholera toxin gene-negative V. cholerae non-O1, non-O139 strain

SAKA H; BIDINOST C; SOLA C; CARRANZA P; ORTIZ S; ECHENIQUE J; BOCCO J

Elsevier

Lugar: London; Año: 2007 vol. 44 p. 118 - 118

font face="AdvTimes" size="1"> Cholera toxin (CT) gene-negative Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 strains may cause severe diarrhea though their pathogenic mechanism remains unclear. V. cholerae cytolysin (VCC) is a pore-forming exotoxin encoded in the hlyA gene of V. cholerae whose contribution to the pathogenesis i