Analysis of genomic differences among Clostridium botulinum type A1 strains

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Fang, Ping Ke ^a   Raphael, Brian H ^b   Maslanka, Susan E ^b   Cai, Shuowei ^a   Singh, Bal R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE A; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE A1; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; SYNTENY;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; POSIBACTERIA;

BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNTENY;

EID: 78650363395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-725     Document Type: Article

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