Nucleotide sequence analysis of Shiga(-like) toxins from an enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli isolated from the Gifu, Japan, outbreak

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 53-58

  Yokohama, Shin Ichiro ^a   Suzuki, Tohru ^a   Kawai, Keiichi ^a   Ohishi, Nobuko ^a   Yagi, Kunio ^a   Itoh, Saori ^a   Mori, Hiroshi ^a  

^a GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

EHEC; Nucleotide sequence; O157:H7; Shiga( like) toxin

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

EID: 0034580666     PISSN: 09120009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.28.53     Document Type: Article

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