Glutamate dehydrogenase is highly conserved among Clostridium difficile ribotypes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1425-1426

  Carman, R J ^a   Wickham, K N ^a   Chen, L ^a   Lawrence, A M ^a   Boone, J H ^a   Wilkins, T D ^a   Kerkering, T M ^b   Lyerly, D M ^a  

^a TECHLAB INC   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GLUD GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIBOTYPING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOTYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 84863338529     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05600-11     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Stubbs SL, Brazier JS, O'Neill GL, Duerden BI. 1999. PCR targeted to the 16S-23S rRNA gene intergenic spacer region of Clostridium difficile and construction of a library consisting of 116 different PCR ribotypes. J. Clin. Microbiol. 37:461-463.