The Complexity and Diversity of the Pathogenicity Locus in Clostridium difficile Clade 5

The symptoms of Clostridium difficile infection are caused by two closely related toxins, TcdA and TcdB, which are encoded by the 19.6 kb Pathogenicity Locus (PaLoc). The PaLoc is variably present among strains, and in this respect it resembles a mobile genetic element. The C. difficile population s...

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Autores principales: Elliott, Briony, Dingle, Kate E., Didelot, Xavier, Crook, Derrick W., Riley, Thomas V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4986448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25381663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evu248

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4986448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25381663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evu248

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