Arrangement of the Clostridium baratii F7 toxin gene cluster with identification of a s factor that recognizes the botulinum toxin gene cluster promoters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Dover, Nir ^a   Barash, Jason R ^a   Burke, Julianne N ^a   Hill, Karen K ^b   Detter, John C ^b   Arnon, Stephen S ^a  

^a Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TCDR RELATED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CLOSTRIDIUM BARATI F TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BOTR GENE; BOTULINUM TOXIN GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BARATII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORFX GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOTULINUM TOXINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 84901314290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097983     Document Type: Article

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