Molecular analysis of the pathogenicity locus and polymorphism in the putative negative regulator of toxin production (TcdC) among Clostridium difficile clinical isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 3470-3475

  Spigaglia, Patrizia ^a   Mastrantonio, Paola ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TCDC PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 0036708347     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.9.3470-3475.2002     Document Type: Article

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