Genetic and Immunological Analysis of a Novel Variant of Shiga Toxin 1 from Bovine Escherichia coli Strains and Development of Bead-ELISA to Detect the Variant Toxin

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 717-725

  Ohmura Hoshino, Mari ^a,c   Ho, Soon Tae ^a   Kurazono, Hisao ^a,d   Igarashi, Kazuei ^b   Yamasaki, Shinji ^a,e   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^a,f  

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

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^f JISSEN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Shiga toxin; Variant

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LETHALITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; STX1V51 GENE; STX1V52 GENE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0142058583     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03441.x     Document Type: Article

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