A novel toxin regulator, the CPE1446-CPE1447 protein heteromeric complex, controls toxin genes in Clostridium perfringens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 4417-4424

  Obana, Nozomu ^a   Nakamura, Kouji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CPE1446 PROTEIN; CPE1447 PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; REGULON; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 80052314357     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00262-11     Document Type: Article

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