Dynamics of plc gene transcription and α-toxin production during growth of Clostridium perfringens strains with contrasting α-toxin production

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 202-206

  Abildgaard, Lone ^a,b,c   Schramm, Andreas ^b   Rudi, Knut ^c,d   Højberg, Ole ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NOFIMA   (Norway)

^d INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Toxin production; C. perfringens; plc transcription; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; PROTEIN PLC; PROTEIN RPLL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 70349235423     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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