Binary toxin locus analysis in Clostridium difficile

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1137-1145

  Metcalf, Devon S ^a   Scott Weese, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BINARY TOXIN LOCUS ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONSENSUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIBOTYPING; TOXINOTYPING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 79960416769     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.028498-0     Document Type: Article

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