The Clostridium difficile exosporium cysteine (CdeC)-rich protein is required for exosporium morphogenesis and coat assembly

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 3863-3875

  Barra Carrasco, Jonathan ^a   Olguín Araneda, Valeria ^a   Plaza Garrido, Ángela ^a   Miranda Cárdenas, Camila ^a   Cofré Araneda, Glenda ^a   Pizarro Guajardo, Marjorie ^a   Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^b   Paredes Sabja, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE EXOSPORIUM CYSTEINE PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYSOZYME; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT TREATMENT; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; KNOCKOUT GENE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPOROGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84883515579     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00369-13     Document Type: Article

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