Genome-Wide Analysis of Cell Type-Specific Gene Transcription during Spore Formation in Clostridium difficile

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Saujet, Laure ^a,b   Pereira, Fátima C ^c   Serrano, Monica ^c   Soutourina, Olga ^a,b   Monot, Marc ^a   Shelyakin, Pavel V ^d   Gelfand, Mikhail S ^d,e   Dupuy, Bruno ^a   Henriques, Adriano O ^c   Martin Verstraete, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^e MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COAT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SPOIIID; PROTEIN SPOIIQ; PROTEIN SPOIIR; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORE COAT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN BINDING; SPORULATION-SPECIFIC SIGMA FACTORS; SPORULATION SPECIFIC SIGMA FACTORS;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL TYPE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GPR GENE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULON; SIGE GENE; SIGF GENE; SIGG GENE; SIGK GENE; SPOIIP GENE; SPOROGENESIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIARRHEA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84887269162     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003756     Document Type: Article

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