Initiation of sporulation in Clostridium difficile: A twist on the classic model

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 358, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 110-118

  Edwards, Adrianne N ^a   Mcbride, Shonna M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobe; Endospore; Nutrition; Phosphorylation; Spores; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SPO0A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BACTERIAL SPORE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84927788479     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12499     Document Type: Review

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