Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of neurotoxin gene from an environmental isolate of Clostridium sp.: Comparison with other clostridial neurotoxins

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 399-404

  Dixit, Aparna ^a   Alam, Syed Imteyaz ^a   Singh, Lokendra ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Botulinum neurotoxin; Clostridium sp.; Mouse bioassay; Phylogeny; Tetanus neurotoxin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BOTULINUM ANTISERUM; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; BOTULINUM TOXIN E; NEUROTOXIN; RNA 16S; SOLVENT; TETANUS ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOASSAY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE A; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE B; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE C; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE D; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE E; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE F; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE G; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FISH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEAVY CHAIN; INTESTINE; LIGHT CHAIN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RECEPTOR BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOTULINUM ANTITOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; TETANUS ANTITOXIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM A; CLOSTRIDIUM SP.; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33745016917     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-006-0062-8     Document Type: Article

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