The SpmA/B and DacF proteins of Clostridium perfringens play important roles in spore heat resistance: Research Letter

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-194

  Orsburn, Benjamin ^a   Sucre, Katie ^a   Popham, David L ^a   Melville, Stephen B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Heat resistance; Peptidoglycan; Spores

Indexed keywords

D,D CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PEPTIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DAC GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC STABILITY; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPMA GENE; SPMB GENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; HOT TEMPERATURE; OPERON; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 58449136966     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01454.x     Document Type: Article

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