Phospholipase C produced by clostridium botulinum types C and D: Comparison of gene, enzymatic, and biological activities with those of Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-18

  Fatmawati, Ni Nengah Dwi ^a,b   Sakaguchi, Yoshihiko ^c   Suzuki, Tomonori ^a   Oda, Masataka ^d   Shimizu, Kenta ^e   Yamamoto, Yumiko ^a   Sakurai, Jun ^d   Matsushita, Osamu ^a   Oguma, Keiji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UDAYANA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^d TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Research and Development Department   (Japan)

Author keywords

Botulinum phospholipase C; Botulinum toxin; Hemolytic activity; Phospholipase C activity; Sphingomyelinase activity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN, CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE C; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE D; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE C; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE D; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 84875872257     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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