کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
6288097 1300434 2015 16 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Clostridium perfringens type A-E toxin plasmids
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی میکروبیولوژی و بیوتکنولوژی کاربردی
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Clostridium perfringens type A-E toxin plasmids
چکیده انگلیسی
Clostridium perfringens relies upon plasmid-encoded toxin genes to cause intestinal infections. These toxin genes are associated with insertion sequences that may facilitate their mobilization and transfer, giving rise to new toxin plasmids with common backbones. Most toxin plasmids carry a transfer of clostridial plasmids locus mediating conjugation, which likely explains the presence of similar toxin plasmids in otherwise unrelated C. perfringens strains. The association of many toxin genes with insertion sequences and conjugative plasmids provides virulence flexibility when causing intestinal infections. However, incompatibility issues apparently limit the number of toxin plasmids maintained by a single cell.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Research in Microbiology - Volume 166, Issue 4, May 2015, Pages 264-279
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