Cody is a global regulator of virulence-associated properties for clostridium perfringens type D strain CN3718

mBio

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Li, Jihong ^a   Ma, Menglin ^a   Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^b   McClane, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; EPSILON TOXIN; SIALIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE D; CODY GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REPRESSION; GENE CONTROL; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC STRAIN; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CACO-2 CELLS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DOGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HUMANS; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84887201166     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00770-13     Document Type: Article

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