Bacteriophage-mediated toxin gene regulation in Clostridium difficile

Journal of Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 12037-12045

  Govind, Revathi ^a,b   Vediyappan, Govindsamy ^a   Rolfe, Rial D ^a   Dupuy, Bruno ^b   Fralick, Joe A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR 1; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN REPR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LYSOGENIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REPR GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; TCDA GENE; TCDA GUSA FUSION GENE; TCDB GENE; TCDC GENE; TCDE GENE; TCDR GENE; TCDR GUSA FUSION GENE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; LYSOGENY; PROPHAGES; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70450170283     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01256-09     Document Type: Article

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