Sporulation and Enterotoxin (CPE) Synthesis Are Controlled by the Sporulation-Specific Sigma Factors SigE and SigK in Clostridium perfringens

Clostridium perfringens is the third most frequent cause of bacterial food poisoning annually in the United States. Ingested C. perfringens vegetative cells sporulate in the intestinal tract and produce an enterotoxin (CPE) that is responsible for the symptoms of acute food poisoning. Studies of Bac...

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Main Authors: Harry, Kathryn H., Zhou, Ruanbao, Kroos, Lee, Melville, Stephen B.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2009
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Molecular Biology of Pathogens
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2668419/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19201796
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.01839-08
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