Regulation of toxin and bacteriocin gene expression in Clostridium by interchangeable RNA polymerase sigma factors

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1044-1057

  Dupuy, Bruno ^a   Raffestin, Stéphanie ^a   Matamouros, Susana ^a   Mani, Nagraj ^b,c   Popoff, Michel R ^a   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIOCIN; BOTR PROTEIN; DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR Y; TCDR PROTEIN; TETR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVIA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOCINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI;

EID: 33646431460     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05159.x     Document Type: Article

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