Identification and characterization of complete RTX operons in Moraxella bovoculi and Moraxella ovis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 73-79

  Angelos, John A ^a   Ball, Louise M ^a   Hess, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cytotoxin; Hemolysin; IBK; Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis; Moraxella bovis; Moraxella bovoculi; Moraxella ovis; RTX operon; RTX toxin

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN RTX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CALF (BOVINE); CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MORAXELLA; MORAXELLA BOVOCULI; MORAXELLA OVIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; RTXCABD GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS, INFECTIOUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORAXELLA; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BOS; BOVINAE; COCCOIDEA; MORAXELLA BOVIS; MORAXELLA OVIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34548842994     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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