The enterotoxin T (BcET) from Bacillus cereus can probably not contribute to food poisoning

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 115-119

  Choma, Caroline ^a   Granum, Per Einar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Enterotoxin; Food poisoning; Vero cell

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; CYCLIC AMP; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN T; HB1D TOXIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; NHEB TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD POISONING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUPERNATANT; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CYCLIC AMP; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERO CELLS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037137209     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01046-7     Document Type: Article

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