Genetic rearrangements in the pathogenicity locus of Clostridium difficile strain 8864 - Implications for transcription, expression and enzymatic activity of toxins A and B

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 222-232

  Soehn, F ^a   Wagenknecht Wiesner, A ^a   Leukel, P ^a   Kohl, M ^a   Weidmann, M ^a   Von Eichel Streiber, C ^a   Braun, V ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Genetic rearrangements; Pathogenicity locus; Transcriptional analysis; Variant toxin

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; GLYCOSYLATION; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031812906     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050726     Document Type: Article

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