Toxins, butyric acid, and other short-chain fatty acids are coordinately expressed and down-regulated by cysteine in Clostridium difficile

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 5881-5888

  Karlsson, S ^a   Lindberg, A ^a   Norin, E ^a   Burman, L G ^a   Akerlund, T ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE DEHYDROGENASE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BUTANOL; BUTYRIC ACID; CYSTEINE; CYSTINE; GLUTATHIONE; PEPTONE; PROLINE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BUTANOLS; BUTYRIC ACID; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEINE; DOWN-REGULATION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0033806838     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.10.5881-5888.2000     Document Type: Article

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