Prevalence and Characterization of a Binary Toxin (Actin-Specific ADP-Ribosyltransferase) from Clostridium difficile

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1933-1939

  Gonçalves, Carina ^a   Decré, Dominique ^a,b   Barbut, Frédéric ^a,b   Burghoffer, Béatrice ^a   Petit, Jean Claude ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; CYTOTOXIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; TCDA TOXIN; TCDB TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; DIARRHEA; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TCDA GENE; TCDB GENE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CYTOTOXINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 2442420091     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.1933-1939.2004     Document Type: Article

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