The VirR/VirS regulatory cascade affects transcription of plasmid-encoded putative virulence genes in Clostridium perfringens strain 13

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 137-141

  Ohtani, Kaori ^a   Kawsar, Hameem I ^a   Okumura, Kayo ^a   Hayashi, Hideo ^a   Shimizu, Tohru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Genetic regulation; Genome; Plasmid; Toxin gene; Two component system

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BETA 2 TOXIN GENE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLLAGEN ADHESIN GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 0038664253     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00255-6     Document Type: Article

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