Complementation of a Clostridium perfringens spo0A mutant with wild-type spo0A from other Clostridium species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 6388-6393

  Huang, I Hsiu ^a   Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGY; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXIN PRODUCTION; SPORULATION;

MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIUM; MUTATION; SPORULATION; TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI;

EID: 33748798701     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02218-05     Document Type: Article

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