Identification of a novel botulinum neurotoxin gene cluster in Enterococcus

FEBS Letters

Volumn 592, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 310-317

  Brunt, Jason ^a   Carter, Andrew T ^a   Stringer, Sandra C ^a   Peck, Michael W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

botulinum neurotoxin; Clostridium; eBoNT J; Enterococcus

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; NEUROTOXIN;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; BONT GENE; CELL ADHESION; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NTNH GENE; ORFX GENE; P47 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BINDING SITES; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENES, BACTERIAL; METALLOPROTEASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROTOXINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 85040797949     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12969     Document Type: Article

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