Clostridial VirR/VirS regulon involves a regulatory RNA molecule for expression of toxins

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 257-265

  Shimizu, Tohru ^a   Yaguchi, Harumi ^a   Ohtani, Kaori ^a   Banu, Sayera ^a   Hayashi, Hideo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; PROTEIN COLA; PROTEIN HYP7; PROTEIN PFOA; PROTEIN PLC; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REGULON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; REGULON; RNA, BACTERIAL;

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

EID: 0036194029     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02743.x     Document Type: Article

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