Regulated expression of the beta2-toxin gene (cpb2) in Clostridium perfringens type A isolates from horses with gastrointestinal diseases

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4002-4009

  Waters, Michael ^a   Raju, Deepa ^a   Garmory, Helen S ^b   Popoff, Michel R ^c   Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE A; CPB2 GENE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 23744445694     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.4002-4009.2005     Document Type: Article

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