Linkage between toxin production and purine biosynthesis in Clostridium difficile

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-41

  Maegawa, Tsuneo ^a   Karasawa, Tadahiro ^a   Ohta, Toshiko ^a   Wang, Xingmin ^a   Kato, Haru ^a   Hayashi, Hideo ^a   Nakamura, Shinichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZASERINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOTIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; PHOSPHORIBOSYLFORMYLGLYCINAMIDINE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN PUR L; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURINE SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0036140869     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-51-1-34     Document Type: Article

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