Clostridium perfringens type A-E toxin plasmids

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 264-279

  Freedman, John C ^a   Theoret, James R ^a   Wisniewski, Jessica A ^b   Uzal, Francisco A ^c   Rood, Julian I ^b   McClane, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridia; Conjugation; Gastrointestinal disease; Plasmid evolution; Plasmid encoded toxin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALPHA TOXIN; BACTERIOCIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS ALPHA TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS BETA2 TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS EPSILON TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS IOTA TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; DNA HELICASE; ENTEROTOXIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NECROTIC ENTERITIS BETA LIKE TOXIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL TOXIN; TRANSPOSON; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE A; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE B; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE C; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE D; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE E; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOLITIS; ENTEROTOXEMIA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; ADAPTATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; TRANSPOSON;

CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PLASMIDS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84928551319     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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