Identical novel A5(B3′) botulinum neurotoxin gene arrangements isolated from widely disparate geographical and patient sources suggest their independent origins

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1989-

  Dover, Nir ^a   Barash, Jason R ^a   Arnon, Stephen S ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN A5 (B3'); HEMAGGLUTININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BOTULINUM TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 77951774672     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00468-10     Document Type: Letter

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