Clostridium perfringens tpeL is expressed during sporulation

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 384-388

  Paredes Sabja, Daniel ^a,b   Sarker, Nahid ^a   Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

C. perfringens; Spo0A and E; Sporulation; TpeL

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TPEL; PROTEIN SIGE; PROTEIN SPO0A; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; SIGE;

EID: 80052504959     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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