Cloning and characterization of genes encoding homologues of the B subunit of cholera toxin and the Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin from clinical isolates of Citrobacter freundii and E. coli

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 7153-7155

  Karasawa, Tadahiro ^a   Ito, Hideaki ^b   Tsukamoto, Teizo ^c   Yamasaki, Shinji ^d   Kurazono, Hisao ^e   Faruque, Shah M ^f   Nair, G Balakrish ^f   Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki ^g   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^d  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO LTD   (Japan)

^c OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DNA PROBE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CFXA; GENE CFXB; GENE LOCATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUPERNATANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA TOXIN; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENTEROTOXINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MICE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0036892887     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.12.7153-7155.2002     Document Type: Article

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