Unique regulatory mechanism of sporulation and enterotoxin production in Clostridium perfringens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2931-2936

  Ohtani, Kaori ^a   Hirakawa, Hideki ^b   Paredes Sabja, Daniel ^c   Tashiro, Kosuke ^d   Kuhara, Satoru ^d   Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^e   Shimizu, Tohru ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; ENTEROTOXIN; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BIOINFORMATICS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FOOD POISONING; GENE CONTROL; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPOROGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENTEROTOXINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; SIGE;

EID: 84880026593     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02152-12     Document Type: Article

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