Production of a non-toxic site-directed mutant of Clostridium perfringens ε-toxin which induces protective immunity in mice

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 333-341

  Oyston, Petra C F ^a   Payne, Dean W ^a   Havard, Helen L ^a   Williamson, E Diane ^a   Titball, Richard W ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Site directed mutants; Vaccine; toxin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HISTIDINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROLINE; TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

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

EID: 0031936035     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-2-333     Document Type: Article

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