The Cysteine Protease α-Clostripain is Not Essential for the Pathogenesis of Clostridium perfringens-Mediated Myonecrosis

Clostridium perfringens is the causative agent of clostridial myonecrosis or gas gangrene and produces many different extracellular toxins and enzymes, including the cysteine protease α-clostripain. Mutation of the α-clostripain structural gene, ccp, alters the turnover of secreted extracellular pro...

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Autores principales: Chakravorty, Anjana, Awad, Milena M., Hiscox, Thomas J., Cheung, Jackie K., Carter, Glen P., Choo, Jocelyn M., Lyras, Dena, Rood, Julian I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3146509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21829506
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022762

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