c-di-GMP turn-over in Clostridium difficile is controlled by a plethora of diguanylate cyclases and phosphodiesterases

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Bordeleau, Eric ^a   Fortier, Louis Charles ^a,b   Malouin, François ^a   Burrus, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; GLUTAMYLALANYLLEUCINE; GLYCYLGLYCYLASPARTYLGLUTAMYLPHENYLALANINE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; POLYPEPTIDE; TRIPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIS(3',5') CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LYASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; CELL MIGRATION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL MIGRATION ASSAYS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CYCLIC GMP; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79953733174     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002039     Document Type: Article

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