SpoIVA and sipl are Clostridium difficile spore morphogenetic proteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1214-1225

  Putnam, Emily E ^a   Nock, Adam M ^a   Lawley, Trevor D ^b   Shen, Aimee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGEN; MUTANT PROTEIN; SIPL PROTEIN; SPOIVA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEOMICS; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOMICS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84874693324     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02181-12     Document Type: Article

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