The key sigma factor of transition phase, sigh, controls sporulation, metabolism, and virulence factor expression in clostridium difficile

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3186-3196

  Saujet, Laure ^a,b   Monot, Marc ^a   Dupuy, Bruno ^a   Soutourina, Olga ^a,b   Martin Verstraete, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CD2492 PROTEIN; CWP66 ADHESIN PROTEIN; S LAYER PRECUSOR PROTEIN; SIGH PROTEIN; SPOIIA PROTEIN; TCDA PROTEIN; TCDB PROTEIN; TCDR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON METABOLISM; CELL DIVISION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARBON; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 79959354609     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00272-11     Document Type: Article

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