The Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin gene is on a transposable element in type A human food poisoning strains

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2109-2115

  Brynestad, Sigrid ^a   Synstad, Bjørnar ^a   Granum, Per Einar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; cpe; Enterotoxin; IS elements; Transposon

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FOOD POISONING; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 0030806369     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-7-2109     Document Type: Article

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