Involvement of Clostridium botulinum ATCC 3502 Sigma Factor K in early-stage sporulation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4590-4596

  Kirk, David G ^a   Dahlsten, Elias ^a   Zhang, Zhen ^a   Korkeala, Hannu ^a   Lindström, Miia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BOTULINUM; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; FOOD PATHOGENS; GENETIC MECHANISM; GROWTH PHASE; HEAT-RESISTANT SPORES; INSERTION SITE; MODEL ORGANISMS; PARENT STRAIN; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; SIGMA FACTOR; SUBTILIS; TRANSCRIPTION LEVEL;

CLOSTRIDIUM; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE ENCODING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY;

SIGMA K; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CYTOLOGY; DISEASE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPORE; SPORULATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 84864105975     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00304-12     Document Type: Article

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