A novel type A2 neurotoxin gene cluster in Clostridium botulinum strain Mascarpone

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-94

  Franciosa, Giovanna ^a   Maugliani, Antonella ^a   Floridi, Francesca ^a   Aureli, Paolo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

BoNT A gene cluster; Clostridium botulinum; Nucleotide sequence

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN A2; NEUROTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM KYOTO F; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM MASCARPONE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM NCTC 2916; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE A; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; BOTULISM; CHEESE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE A; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 33745698456     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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