Vibrio cholerae infection of Drosophila melanogaster mimics the human disease cholera.
Cholera, the pandemic diarrheal disease caused by the gram-negative bacterium Vibrio cholerae, continues to be a major public health challenge in the developing world. Cholera toxin, which is responsible for the voluminous stools of cholera, causes constitutive activation of adenylyl cyclase, result...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2005-09-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1238743?pdf=render |