Cloning and characterization of the gene for the metalloprotease enterotoxin of Bacteroides fragilis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 279-284

  Kling, James J ^a   Wright, Rhonda L ^a   Moncrief, J Scott ^a   Wilkins, Tracy D ^a  

^a Fralin Life Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis; diarrhea; enterotoxin; zinc metalloprotease

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0031024431     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00488-0     Document Type: Article

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