Erratum to: Epsilon-toxin production by Clostridium perfringens type D strain CN3718 is dependent upon the agr operon but not the VirS/VirR two-component regulatory system(mBio, (2011), 2, 6, 10.1128/mBio.00275-11);Epsilon-toxin production by Clostridium perfringens type D strain CN3718 is dependent upon the agr operon but not the VirS/VirR two-component regulatory system

mBio

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Jianming ^a   Rood, Julian I ^b   McClane, Bruce A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; EPSILON TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRR PROTEIN; VIRS PROTEIN;

AGR GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 84855223232     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02491-14     Document Type: Erratum

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