Molecular and genomic analysis of genes encoding surface-anchored proteins from clostridium difficile

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 3442-3446

  Karjalainen, T ^a   Waligora Dupriet, A J ^a   Cerquetti, M ^a   Spigaglia, P ^a   Maggioni, A ^a   Mauri, P ^a   Mastrantonio, P ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0035055364     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.5.3442-3446.2001     Document Type: Article

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