Enterotoxin plasmid from Clostridium perfringens is conjugative

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 3483-3487

  Brynestad, S ^a   Sarker, M R ^a   McClane, B A ^a   Granum, P E ^a   Rood, J I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; PLASMID VECTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL CONTACT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; INTESTINE FLORA; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0035063941     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.5.3483-3487.2001     Document Type: Article

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