Bile Acid Recognition by the Clostridium difficile Germinant Receptor, CspC, Is Important for Establishing Infection

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Francis, Michael B ^a   Allen, Charlotte A ^a   Shrestha, Ritu ^a   Sorg, Joseph A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; GENOMIC DNA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RIFAMPICIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYRIAN HAMSTER; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; MESOCRICETUS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CRICETINAE;

EID: 84878518519     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003356     Document Type: Article

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