Gene organization and sequence determination of the two botulinum neurotoxin gene clusters in Clostridium botulinum type A(B) strain NCTC 2916

Current Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 226-231

  Jovita, Mar Rodríguez ^a   Collins, Matthew D ^a   East, Alison K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 2642651881     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900299     Document Type: Article

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