Transcription and analysis of polymorphism in a cluster of genes encoding surface-associated proteins of Clostridium difficile

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 4461-4470

  Savariau Lacomme, Marie Pierre ^a   Lebarbier, Carole ^a   Karjalainen, Tuomo ^a   Collignon, Anne ^a   Janoir, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN CWP84; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CWP66 GENE; CWP84 GENE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SLPA GENE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RABBITS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RIBOTYPING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038782147     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.15.4461-4470.2003     Document Type: Article

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