Regulation of neurotoxin production and sporulation by a putative agrBD signaling system in proteolytic Clostridium botulinum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4448-4460

  Cooksley, Clare M ^a   Davis, Ian J ^a,c   Winzer, Klaus ^a   Chan, Weng C ^a   Peck, Michael W ^b   Minton, Nigel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^c WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE RNA; BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; GENOME SEQUENCES; IN-SILICO; PHASE GROWTH; PUTATIVE PROTEINS; QUORUM-SENSING; QUORUM-SENSING SYSTEMS; REDUCED PRODUCTION; S. AUREUS; SIGNALING SYSTEMS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL UNITS; WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

GENES; RNA; SENSORS;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; NEUROTOXIN;

BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; PEPTIDE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; SPORULATION; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77954254518     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03038-09     Document Type: Article

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