Characterization of the collagen-like exosporium protein, BclA1, of Clostridium difficile spores

Anaerobe

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-30

  Pizarro Guajardo, Marjorie ^a   Olguín Araneda, Valeria ^a   Barra Carrasco, Jonathan ^a   Brito Silva, Christian ^a   Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^b   Paredes Sabja, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BclA; Clostridium difficile; Exosporium; Spore

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLLAGENASE; PROTEIN BCLA1; PROTEIN BCLA2; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPOROGENESIS; CACO 2 CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CACO-2 CELLS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SPORES;

EID: 84889598919     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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