Classical diphtheria caused by Corynebacterium ulcerans in Germany: Amino acid sequence differences between diphtheria toxins from Corynebacterium diphtheriae and C. ulcerans [4]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 325-326

  Sing, Andreas ^a   Bierschenk, Suse ^a   Heesemann, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; NUCLEOTIDE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARYNGEAL DIPHTHERIA; PHARYNX DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 12144260519     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426687     Document Type: Letter

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