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. 1982 Oct;38(1):386–388. doi: 10.1128/iai.38.1.386-388.1982

Clostridium perfringens type A enterotoxin: characterization of the amino-terminal region.

L K Duffy, J L McDonel, B A McClane, A Kurosky
PMCID: PMC347744  PMID: 6292098

Abstract

The amino-terminal region of the enterotoxin of Clostridium perfringens was investigated by automated sequence analysis. The primary structure results revealed that the enterotoxin is composed of a single polypeptide amino acid sequence. Computer comparison of a 20-residue sequence with a sequence library of reported proteins revealed no significant chemical similarities, indicating that the enterotoxin represents a unique polypeptide primary structure.

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