Use of an EZ-Tn5-based random mutagenesis system to identify a novel toxin regulatory locus in Clostridium perfringens strain 13

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Vidal, Jorge E ^a   Chen, Jianming ^a   Li, Jihong ^a   McClane, Bruce A ^a,b  

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

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 67650564892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006232     Document Type: Article

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