Functional Characterisation of Germinant Receptors in Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium sporogenes Presents Novel Insights into Spore Germination Systems

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Brunt, Jason ^a   Plowman, June ^a   Gaskin, Duncan J H ^a   Itchner, Manoa ^a   Carter, Andrew T ^a   Peck, Michael W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYSTEINE; DEXTRO AMINO ACID; DEXTRO PHENYLALANINE; DEXTRO SERINE; GERMINANT RECEPTOR; GLYCINE; LACTIC ACID; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; STIMULATION; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84907584846     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004382     Document Type: Article

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