Nucleotide sequence of the gene for the hole-forming toxin aerolysin of Aeromonas hydrophila
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 169 (6), 2869-2871
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.169.6.2869-2871.1987
Abstract
The gene for the hole-forming toxin aerolysin from Aeromonas hydrophila was sequenced. Although most of the sequence seems unrelated to that of Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin, both proteins are very hydrophilic, and they each contain a nearly identical string of 10 amino acids.Keywords
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