Plasmid-Borne type E neurotoxin gene clusters in Clostridium botulinum strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3856-3859

  Zhang, Zhen ^a   Hintsa, Hannamari ^a   Chen, Ying ^a   Korkeala, Hannu ^a   Lindström, Miia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GENE CLUSTERS; LARGE PLASMIDS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN HYBRIDIZATION;

BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS;

GENES;

PRIMER DNA; TETANUS TOXIN;

GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEUROLOGY; PLASMID;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS; TETANUS TOXIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 84878596144     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00080-13     Document Type: Article

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