A novel small acid soluble protein variant is important for spore resistance of most clostridium perfringens food poisoning isolates

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Li, Jihong ^a   McClane, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENTEROTOXIN; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; GLYCINE; PROTEIN SSP4; SODIUM NITRITE; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NITROUS ACID;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CPE GENE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PRESERVATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HEATING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FOOD POISONING; GENE SILENCING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROUS ACID; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 44449095172     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000056     Document Type: Article

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