Tripartite haemolysin BL: Isolation and characterization of two distinct homologous sets of components from a single Bacillus cereus isolate

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1371-1380

  Beecher, Douglas J ^a   Wong, Amy C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Discontinuous hemolysis; Enterotoxin; Gene duplication; Hemolysin BL

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE DUPLICATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034080213     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-6-1371     Document Type: Article

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