Independent evolution of neurotoxin and flagellar genetic loci in proteolytic Clostridium botulinum

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Carter, Andrew T ^a   Paul, Catherine J ^b,c,d   Mason, David R ^a   Twine, Susan M ^c   Alston, Mark J ^a   Logan, Susan M ^c   Austin, John W ^b   Peck, Michael W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DIAMORPHINE; NEUROTOXIN; FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BOTULISM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLAGELLIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GLYCOSYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROTOXINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 65349103916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-115     Document Type: Article

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