The Clostridium difficile protease Cwp84 Modulates both biofilm formation and cell- surface properties

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Pantaléon, Véronique ^a   Soavelomandroso, Anna Philibertine ^a   Bouttier, Sylvie ^a   Briandet, Romain ^b   Roxas, Bryan ^c   Chu, Michele ^c   Collignon, Anne ^a   Janoir, Claire ^a   Vedantam, Gayatri ^c,d   Candela, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEASE CWP84; PROTEINASE; SLPA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CWP84 PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; ENTEROTOXIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEOME; S-LAYER PROTEINS; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL SURFACE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CWP84 GENE; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CRICETINAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOFILMS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENTEROTOXINS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; PROTEOME; PROTEOMICS;

EID: 84928778219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124971     Document Type: Article

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