Analysis of the phospholipase C gene of Clostridium perfringens KZ1340 isolated from Antarctic soil

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 255-263

  Kameyama, Kohtaro ^a   Matsushita, Osamu ^a   Katayama, Seiichi ^a   Minami, Junzaburo ^a   Maeda, Masazumi ^a   Nakamura, Shinichi ^b   Okabe, Akinobu ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Molecular cloning; Phospholipase C; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 0029993343     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb03344.x     Document Type: Article

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