Nucleotide sequence of a gene encoding the novel Yersinia enterocolitica heat-stable enterotoxin that includes a pro-region-like sequence in its mature toxin molecule

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-97

  Huang, Xiaozhe ^a,b   Yoshino, Ken Ichi ^a   Nakao, Hiroshi ^a   Takeda, Tae ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA sequence; heat stable enterotoxin; precursor protein; pro toxin; Yersinia enterocolitica

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0031080478     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1996.0094     Document Type: Article

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