Diversity of cwp loci in clinical isolates of Clostridium difficile

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 1444-1452

  Biazzo, Manuele ^a   Cioncada, Rossella ^a   Fiaschi, Luigi ^a,c   Tedde, Vittorio ^a,d   Spigaglia, Patrizia ^b   Mastrantonio, Paola ^b   Pizza, Mariagrazia ^a   Barocchi, Michèle A ^a   Scarselli, Maria ^a   Galeotti, Cesira L ^a,e  

^a Research Centre   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d Porto Conte Ricerche Srl   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL SURFACE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 84881606774     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.058719-0     Document Type: Article

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