Efficient sporulation in Clostridium difficile requires disruption of the σK gene

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 811-821

  Haraldsen, Jeralyn D ^a   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIPLOIDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; INSERTION SEQUENCES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038349278     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03471.x     Document Type: Article

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