Identification and characterization of sporulation-dependent promoters upstream of the enterotoxin gene (cpe) of Clostridium perfringens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 136-142

  Zhao, Yuling ^a   Melville, Stephen B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPOROGENESIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SIGE;

EID: 0031963531     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.1.136-142.1998     Document Type: Article

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