Quorum sensing in Clostridium difficile: Analysis of a luxS-type signalling system

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-127

  Carter, Glen P ^a,b   Purdy, Des ^b   Williams, Paul ^a   Minton, Nigel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 3(2H)FURANONE; CHEA KINASE; FURANONE DERIVATIVE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LUXS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LYASE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE ASSOCIATED DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIRULENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE;

EID: 15544375199     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45817-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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