Regulation of toxin gene expression in Clostridium perfringens

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 280-289

  Ohtani, Kaori ^a   Shimizu, Tohru ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell cell signaling; Cell pathogen signaling; Regulatory RNA; Substance A; Two component system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACCESSORY GENE REGULATOR A; ACCESSORY GENE REGULATOR C; ACCESSORY GENE REGULATOR D; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CACO 2 CELL LINE; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CODY GENE; COLA GENE; CYSK GENE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LUXS GENE; METB GENE; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PFOA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PUBLICATION; QUORUM SENSING; REES GENE; REVR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; UPREGULATION; VIRR GENE; VIRS GENE; VIRX GENE; YCGJ GENE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; POSIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CACO-2 CELLS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84928588547     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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