Identification of type A, B, E, and F botulinum neurotoxin genes and of botulinum neurotoxigenic clostridia by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 4170-4176

  Franciosa, Giovanna ^a   Pourshaban, Manoocheher ^a   De Luca, Alessandro ^b   Buccino, Anna ^b   Dallapiccola, Bruno ^b,c   Aureli, Paolo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RNA; TOXICITY;

NEUROTOXIGENIC ORGANISMS; PATHOGENS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BOTULINUM TOXIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM BARATII; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NEUROTOXIN GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; RNA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BARATII; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 3242742301     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.7.4170-4176.2004     Document Type: Article

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