Genetic analysis of type E botulinum toxin-producing Clostridium butyricum strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 4992-4997

  Wang, X ^a   Maegawa, T ^a   Karasawa, T ^a   Kozaki, S ^a   Tsukamoto, K ^a   Gyobu, Y ^a   Yamakawa, K ^a   Oguma, K ^a   Sakaguchi, Y ^a   Nakamura, S ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0033764621     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.11.4992-4997.2000     Document Type: Article

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