title: [PCR cloning of 3'-terminal repeat fragments of Clostridium difficile toxin A and toxin B gene].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore a method to rapidly detect the presence of Clostridium difficile.
  
  
  METHODS
  PCR was used to amplify DNA fragments from the highly conserved and repeated domains of the 3'-terminal of Clostridium difficile toxin A gene and toxin B genes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The fragments 960 bp and 1,851 bp in length were respectively amplified from toxin A and toxin B, while the control bacteria presented no distinct results.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The 960 bp and 1,851 bp fragments are specific for Clostridium difficile and PCR can be used to detect Clostridium difficile from the stool. As the peptides encoded by these conserved domains have high hydrophobicity and strong antigenicity, manufacture of the protein vaccine by gene engineering is possible on the basis of these conserved domains.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Digestive Diseases of PLA, Nanfang Hospital, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-qiang
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ji-de
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004768:Enterotoxins; C041348:tcdA protein, Clostridium difficile; C031815:toxB protein, Clostridium difficile