Sequencing the botulinum neurotoxin gene and related genes in Clostridium botulinum type E strains reveals orfx3 and a novel type E neurotoxin subtype

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 8643-8650

  Chen, Ying ^a,b   Korkeala, Hannu ^a   Aarnikunnas, Johannes ^a   Lindström, Miia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b YANTAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN E;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORFX1 GENE; ORFX2 GENE; ORFX3 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 36749064387     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00784-07     Document Type: Article

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