Evidence for non-ribosomal peptide synthetase production of cereulide (the emetic toxin) in Bacillus cereus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 319-324

  Horwood, Paul F ^a   Burgess, Graham W ^a   Jane Oakey, H ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Cereulide; Emetic toxin; Peptide synthetase; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CEREULIDE; EMETIC AGENT; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLONOGENESIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VOMITING;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEPSIPEPTIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS, NUCLEIC ACID-INDEPENDENT; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 3142572555     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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