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Regulation of sialidase production in Clostridium perfringens by the orphan sensor histidine kinase ReeS.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Hiscox Thomas J, Harrison Paul F, Chakravorty Anjana, Choo Jocelyn M, Ohtani Kaori, Shimizu Tohru, Cheung Jackie K, Rood Julian I
Abstract excerpt
Clostridium perfringens is ubiquitous in nature and is often found as a commensal of the human and animal gastrointestinal tract. It is the primary etiological agent of clostridial myonecrosis, or gas gangrene, a serious infection that results in extensive tissue necrosis due to the action of one or more potent extracellular toxins. α-toxin and perfringolysin O are the major extracellular toxins involved in the...
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