MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY A toxin contest

被引：14

作者：

Ballard, Jimmy D. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Oklahoma, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 USA

来源：

NATURE | 2010年 / 467卷 / 7316期

关键词：

CLOSTRIDIUM-DIFFICILE INFECTION; RHO-PROTEINS;

D O I：

10.1038/467665a

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

070301 [无机化学]; 070403 [天体物理学]; 070507 [自然资源与国土空间规划学]; 090105 [作物生产系统与生态工程];

摘要：

The bacterium Clostridium difficile can cause life-threatening human disease. The question is which of the organism's two toxins is the more crucial to its pathogenicity. The answer is one or the other, or both. See Letter p.711

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页码：665 / 666

页数：2

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