Cyclic Di-GMP Riboswitch-Regulated Type IV Pili Contribute to Aggregation of Clostridium difficile

Engineering of Bacillus subtilis Strains To Allow Rapid Characterization of Heterologous Diguanylate Cyclases and Phosphodiesterases

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A Novel Secreted Metalloprotease (CD2830) fromClostridium difficileCleaves Specific Proline Sequences in LPXTG Cell Surface Proteins

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Identification, immunogenicity, and cross-reactivity of type IV pilin and pilin-like proteins fromClostridium difficile

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The agr Locus Regulates Virulence and Colonization Genes in Clostridium difficile 027

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Structure ofClostridium difficilePilJ Exhibits Unprecedented Divergence from Known Type IV Pilins

(2013) Kurt H. Piepenbrink et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Type IV Pili in Gram-Positive Bacteria

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Cyclic di-GMP: the First 25 Years of a Universal Bacterial Second Messenger

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Identification of a Novel Zinc Metalloprotease through a Global Analysis of Clostridium difficile Extracellular Proteins

(2013) Valeria Cafardi et al.   PLoS One

Identification of an Additional Minor Pilin Essential for Piliation in the Archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis

(2013) Divya B. Nair et al.   PLoS One

Characterization of the SigD Regulon of C. difficile and Its Positive Control of Toxin Production through the Regulation of tcdR

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Genome-Wide Identification of Regulatory RNAs in the Human Pathogen Clostridium difficile

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Modulation of Toxin Production by the Flagellar Regulon in Clostridium difficile

(2012) Annie Aubry et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Proline-Dependent Regulation of Clostridium difficile Stickland Metabolism

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Cyclic Diguanylate Inversely Regulates Motility and Aggregation in Clostridium difficile

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Type IV Pilus Assembly in Pseudomonas aeruginosa over a Broad Range of Cyclic di-GMP Concentrations

(2012) R. Jain et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Multiple Factors Modulate Biofilm Formation by the Anaerobic Pathogen Clostridium difficile

(2012) T. Thapa et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Type IV Pilin Proteins: Versatile Molecular Modules

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Characterisation of Clostridium difficile Biofilm Formation, a Role for Spo0A

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Analysis of the Borrelia burgdorferi Cyclic-di-GMP-Binding Protein PlzA Reveals a Role in Motility and Virulence

(2011) Joshua E. Pitzer et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

PrsW Is Required for Colonization, Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides, and Expression of Extracytoplasmic Function σ Factors in Clostridium difficile

(2011) Theresa D. Ho et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The Key Sigma Factor of Transition Phase, SigH, Controls Sporulation, Metabolism, and Virulence Factor Expression in Clostridium difficile

(2011) L. Saujet et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Molecular insights into the ligand-controlled organization of the SAM-I riboswitch

(2011) Benoit Heppell et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Identification of Surprisingly Diverse Type IV Pili, across a Broad Range of Gram-Positive Bacteria

(2011) Saheed Imam et al.   PLoS One

Structural basis of differential ligand recognition by two classes of bis-(3'-5')-cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate-binding riboswitches

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Mechanism for gene control by a natural allosteric group I ribozyme

(2011) A. G. Y. Chen et al.   RNA

Comparative Study between Transcriptionally- and Translationally-Acting Adenine Riboswitches Reveals Key Differences in Riboswitch Regulatory Mechanisms

(2011) Jean-François Lemay et al.   PLoS Genetics

c-di-GMP Turn-Over in Clostridium difficile Is Controlled by a Plethora of Diguanylate Cyclases and Phosphodiesterases

(2011) Eric Bordeleau et al.   PLoS Genetics

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Minor Pilins Are Incorporated into Type IV Pili

(2010) Carmen L. Giltner et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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(2010) Anirban Mitra et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Metabolism of Bile Salts in Mice Influences Spore Germination in Clostridium difficile

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An Allosteric Self-Splicing Ribozyme Triggered by a Bacterial Second Messenger

(2010) E. R. Lee et al.   SCIENCE

Vibrio cholerae VpsT Regulates Matrix Production and Motility by Directly Sensing Cyclic di-GMP

(2010) P. V. Krasteva et al.   SCIENCE

Riboswitches and the RNA World

(2010) R. R. Breaker   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Distinctive Profiles of Infection and Pathology in Hamsters Infected with Clostridium difficile Strains 630 and B1

(2009) D. Goulding et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Antibiotic Treatment of Clostridium difficile Carrier Mice Triggers a Supershedder State, Spore-Mediated Transmission, and Severe Disease in Immunocompromised Hosts

(2009) T. D. Lawley et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The ClosTron: Mutagenesis in Clostridium refined and streamlined

(2009) John T. Heap et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

PILZ Protein Structure and Interactions with PILB and the FIMX EAL Domain: Implications for Control of Type IV Pilus Biogenesis

(2009) Cristiane R. Guzzo et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Clostridium difficile infection: new developments in epidemiology and pathogenesis

(2009) Maja Rupnik et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Principles of c-di-GMP signalling in bacteria

(2009) Regine Hengge   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

High-throughput quantification of splicing isoforms

(2009) J.-P. Brosseau et al.   RNA

Pili in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria — structure, assembly and their role in disease

(2008) T. Proft et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Type IV pili: paradoxes in form and function

(2008) Lisa Craig et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Type IV Pili and the CcpA Protein Are Needed for Maximal Biofilm Formation by the Gram-Positive Anaerobic Pathogen Clostridium perfringens

(2008) J. J. Varga et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Identification of FleQ fromPseudomonas aeruginosaas a c-di-GMP-responsive transcription factor

(2008) Jason W. Hickman et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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(2008) A. R. Gruber et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Riboswitches in Eubacteria Sense the Second Messenger Cyclic Di-GMP

(2008) N. Sudarsan et al.   SCIENCE