NetB, a Pore-Forming Toxin from Necrotic Enteritis Strains of Clostridium Perfringens

Toxins

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1913-1927

  Keyburn, Anthony L ^a   Bannam, Trudi L ^b   Moore, Robert J ^a,b   Rood, Julian I ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Necrotic enteritis; NetB; Pore forming toxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; NECROTIC ENTERITIS B LIKE TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTERITIS; HUMANS; NECROSIS;

AVES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 79952082941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins2071913     Document Type: Review

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