Detection of the etx gene (ε-toxin inducer) in plasmids of high molecular weight in Clostridium perfringens type D

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 373-377

  Bentancor, Adriana B ^a   Rodriguez Fermepín, Marcelo ^a   Bentancor, Luis D ^a   De Torres, Ramón A ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias   (Argentina)

Author keywords

toxin; Clostridium perfringens; etx gene; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0032781496     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00056-5     Document Type: Article

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