Regulated expression of Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin in naturally cpe-negative type A, B, and C isolates of C. perfringens

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3301-3309

  Czeczulin, John R ^a,b   Collie, Renee E ^a   McClane, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030056388     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.3301-3309.1996     Document Type: Article

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