Proline-dependent regulation of Clostridium difficile stickland metabolism

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 844-854

  Bouillaut, Laurent ^a   Self, William T ^b   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; GLYCINE REDUCTASE; PROLINE;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM STICKLANDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLYCINE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OPERON; PLASMIDS; PROLINE;

EID: 84873551319     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01492-12     Document Type: Article

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