Insertional inactivation of hblC encoding the L2 component of Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 haemolysin BL strongly reduces enterotoxigenic activity, but not the haemalytic activity against human erythrocytes

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3139-3146

  Lindbäck, Toril ^a   ØKstad, Ole Andreas ^a   Rishovd, Anne Lise ^a   Kolstø, Anne Brit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Enterotoxin; Haemolysin; HBL

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; HEMOLYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 0042736000     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-11-3139     Document Type: Article

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