Clostridium difficile MazF Toxin Exhibits Selective, Not Global, mRNA Cleavage

Bacillus subtilisMazF-bs (EndoA) is a UACAU-specific mRNA interferase

(2011) Jung-Ho Park et al.   FEBS LETTERS

The Clostridium difficile Cell Wall Protein CwpV is Antigenically Variable between Strains, but Exhibits Conserved Aggregation-Promoting Function

(2011) Catherine B. Reynolds et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Construction and Characterization of a Lactose-Inducible Promoter System for Controlled Gene Expression inClostridium perfringens

(2010) Andrea H. Hartman et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Allostery and Intrinsic Disorder Mediate Transcription Regulation by Conditional Cooperativity

(2010) Abel Garcia-Pino et al.   CELL

Transcriptional Profiling ofClostridium difficileand Caco‐2 Cells during Infection

(2010) Tavan Janvilisri et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The role of toxin A and toxin B in Clostridium difficile infection

(2010) Sarah A. Kuehne et al.   NATURE

The Chromosomal Toxin Gene yafQ Is a Determinant of Multidrug Tolerance for Escherichia coli Growing in a Biofilm

(2009) J. J. Harrison et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Staphylococcus aureus MazF Specifically Cleaves a Pentad Sequence, UACAU, Which Is Unusually Abundant in the mRNA for Pathogenic Adhesive Factor SraP

(2009) L. Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

MqsR, a Crucial Regulator for Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Formation, Is a GCU-specific mRNA Interferase inEscherichia coli

(2009) Yoshihiro Yamaguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Rejuvenation of CcdB-Poisoned Gyrase by an Intrinsically Disordered Protein Domain

(2009) Natalie De Jonge et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Bacterial toxin YafQ is an endoribonuclease that associates with the ribosome and blocks translation elongation through sequence-specific and frame-dependent mRNA cleavage

(2009) Meredith H. Prysak et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A novel genetic switch controls phase variable expression of CwpV, aClostridium difficilecell wall protein

(2009) Jenny E. Emerson et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Toxin B is essential for virulence of Clostridium difficile

(2009) Dena Lyras et al.   NATURE

Clostridium difficile infection: new developments in epidemiology and pathogenesis

(2009) Maja Rupnik et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Comprehensive Functional Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Toxin-Antitoxin Systems: Implications for Pathogenesis, Stress Responses, and Evolution

(2009) Holly R. Ramage et al.   PLoS Genetics

Escherichia coli MazF Leads to the Simultaneous Selective Synthesis of Both “Death Proteins” and “Survival Proteins”

(2009) Shahar Amitai et al.   PLoS Genetics

Clostridium difficile Toxin CDT Induces Formation of Microtubule-Based Protrusions and Increases Adherence of Bacteria

(2009) Carsten Schwan et al.   PLoS Pathogens

MazF, an mRNA Interferase, Mediates Programmed Cell Death during Multicellular Myxococcus Development

(2008) Hirofumi Nariya et al.   CELL

HicA of Escherichia coli Defines a Novel Family of Translation-Independent mRNA Interferases in Bacteria and Archaea

(2008) M. G. Jorgensen et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Microarray analysis of the transcriptional responses of Clostridium difficile to environmental and antibiotic stress

(2008) J. E. Emerson et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The mRNA interferases, MazF-mt3 and MazF-mt7 fromMycobacterium tuberculosistarget unique pentad sequences in single-stranded RNA

(2008) Ling Zhu et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY