Flagellin diversity in Clostridium botulinum groups I and II: A new strategy for strain identification

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2963-2975

  Paul, Catherine J ^a,b   Twine, Susan M ^b   Tam, Kevin J ^a   Mullen, James A ^b   Kelly, John F ^b   Austin, John W ^a   Logan, Susan M ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE ENCODING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEINS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; FLAGELLAR FILAMENTS; FLAGELLIN PROTEINS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

BACTERIA;

FLAGELLIN; NEUROTOXIN;

BACTERIUM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEPTIDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; FLAA1 GENE; FLAA2 GENE; FLAB GENE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLAGELLIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 34248216402     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02623-06     Document Type: Article

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