The virR/virS locus regulates the transcription of genes encoding extracellular toxin production in Clostridium perfringens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2514-2520

  Ba Thein, William ^a   Lyristis, Michael ^b   Ohtani, Kaori ^a   Nisbet, Ian T ^c   Hayashi, Hideo ^a   Rood, Julian I ^b   Shimizu, Tohru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSL LIMITED   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLA;

EID: 0029914948     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.9.2514-2520.1996     Document Type: Article

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