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The enteric toxins of Clostridium perfringens.
Reviews of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology - 1 Jan 2004
Smedley J G, Fisher D J, Sayeed S, Chakrabarti G, McClane B A
Abstract excerpt
The Gram-positive pathogen Clostridium perfringens is a major cause of human and veterinary enteric disease largely because this bacterium can produce several toxins when present inside the gastrointestinal tract. The enteric toxins of C. perfringens share two common features: (1) they are all single polypeptides of modest (approximately 25-35 kDa) size, although lacking in sequence homology, and (2) they...
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