Cloning and molecular characterization of the beta toxin (phospholipase C) gene of Clostridium haemolyticum

Anaerobe

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 243-254

  Hauer, Paul J ^a   Yeary, Teresa J ^a   Rosenbusch, Ricardo F ^b  

^a Center for Veterinary Biologics   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillary hemoglobinuria; Beta toxin; Clostridium haemolyticum; Phospholipase C

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM HAEMOLYTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM HAEMOLYTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 3543086342     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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