Molecular methods to study transcriptional regulation of clostridium difficile toxin genes

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 646, Issue , 2010, Pages 93-115

  Antunes, Ana ^a   Dupuy, Bruno ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; regulation; TcdA; TcdB; TcdC; TcdR; toxin synthesis

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TOXIN R, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTEROTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING;

EID: 79958069754     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-365-7_7     Document Type: Article

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