Regulated transcription of Clostridium difficile toxin genes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-120

  Dupuy, Bruno ^a,b   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ELECTROPORATION; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031973385     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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