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Novel Structural Elements within the Nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum Type F Toxin Gene Cluster

Published in:

Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77(5) , 1904-1906 (Mar 2011)

Author(s):

Dover, N., Barash, J. R., Hill, K. K., Detter, J. C., Arnon, S. S.

DOI:

Doi 10.1128/Aem.02422-10

Abstract:

We sequenced for the first time the complete neurotoxin gene cluster of a nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum type F. The neurotoxin gene cluster contained a novel gene arrangement that, compared to other C. botulinum neurotoxin gene clusters, lacked the regulatory botR gene and contained an intergenic is element between its orfX2 and orfX3 genes.

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