Further characterization of proteolytic Clostridium botulinum type A5 reveals that neurotoxin formation is unaffected by loss of the cntR (botR) promoter sigma factor binding site

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1012-1013

  Carter, Andrew T ^a   Mason, David R ^a   Grant, Kathie A ^b   Franciosa, Giovanna ^c   Aureli, Paulo ^c   Peck, Michael W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BINDING SITE; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 77749320954     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01774-09     Document Type: Letter

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