Identification and characterization of clostridium sordellii toxin gene regulator

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 4246-4254

  Reddy, Apoorva Reddy Sirigi ^a   Girinathan, Brintha Parasumanna ^a   Zapotocny, Ryan ^a   Govind, Revathi ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; TCSR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84883287711     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00711-13     Document Type: Article

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