The spore-associated protein BclA1 affects the susceptibility of animals to colonization and infection by Clostridium difficile

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1025-1038

  Phetcharaburanin, Jutarop ^a   Hong, Huynh A ^a   Colenutt, Claire ^a   Bianconi, Irene ^a   Sempere, Lluis ^a   Permpoonpattana, Patima ^a   Smith, Karen ^a   Dembek, Marcin ^b   Tan, Sisareuth ^c   Brisson, Marie Clémence ^c   Brisson, Alain R ^c   Fairweather, Neil F ^b   Cutting, Simon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BCLA1 GENE; BCLA2 GENE; BCLA3 GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPORE GERMINATION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CRICETINAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CRICETINAE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84901644355     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12611     Document Type: Article

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