LuxS/autoinducer-2 quorum sensing molecule regulates transcriptional virulence gene expression in Clostridium difficile

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 335, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 659-666

  Lee, Alex Sek Yew ^a   Song, Keang Peng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; luxS signaling; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN E; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; SUPERNATANT; UPREGULATION; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 23944465961     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.07.131     Document Type: Article

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