title: The genes for the Clostridium botulinum type G toxin complex are on a plasmid.
abstract: Clostridium botulinum type G produces a toxin complex that is composed of neurotoxin, hemagglutinin, and nontoxic nonhemagglutinin. The three genes encoding these proteins were closely linked on a plasmid of about 114 kb (76 MDa) but not on chromosomal DNA. In contrast to the genes of other C. botulinum serotypes, the genes encoding type G toxin are on a plasmid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Microbiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000235:genetics*; D003014:Clostridium botulinum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014121:Toxoids / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C035415:Clostridium botulinum toxoid; D014121:Toxoids; D001905:Botulinum Toxins