Revised nomenclature of Clostridium difficile toxins and associated genes

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-117

  Rupnik, Maja ^a   Dupuy, Bruno ^b   Fairweather, Neil F ^c   Gerding, Dale N ^d,e   Johnson, Stuart ^d,e   Just, Ingo ^f   Lyerly, David M ^g   Popoff, Michel R ^b   Rood, Julian I ^h   Sonenshein, Abraham L ⁱ   Thelestam, Monica ^j   Wren, Brendan W ^k   Wilkins, Tracy D ^f   Von Eichel Streiber, Christoph ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^g TECHLAB INC   (United States)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^k LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^l JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TCDA GENE; TCDB GENE; TCDC GENE; TCDE GENE; ARTICLE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROTOXINS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 20144363326     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45810-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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