Disruption of the gene (spo0A) encoding sporulation transcription factor blocks endospore formation and enterotoxin production in enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens type A

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-240

  Huang, I Hsiu ^a   Waters, Michael ^a   Grau, Roberto R ^b   Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

C. perfringens; Enterotoxin; spo0A; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENE SPO0A; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE A; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SPOROGENESIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A;

EID: 1842582710     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.02.014     Document Type: Article

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