A Recombination Directionality Factor Controls the Cell Type-Specific Activation of σK and the Fidelity of Spore Development in Clostridium difficile

The SpoIIQ-SpoIIIAH complex ofClostridium difficilecontrols forespore engulfment and late stages of gene expression and spore morphogenesis

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Structural and Functional Characterization of an Ancient Bacterial Transglutaminase Sheds Light on the Minimal Requirements for Protein Cross-Linking

(2015) Catarina G. Fernandes et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Diverse mechanisms regulate sporulation sigma factor activity in the Firmicutes

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The Clostridium Sporulation Programs: Diversity and Preservation of Endospore Differentiation

(2015) Mohab A. Al-Hinai et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

The Exosporium Layer of Bacterial Spores: a Connection to the Environment and the Infected Host

(2015) George C. Stewart   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

A new perspective on lysogeny: prophages as active regulatory switches of bacteria

(2015) Ron Feiner et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Dual-Specificity Anti-sigma Factor Reinforces Control of Cell-Type Specific Gene Expression in Bacillus subtilis

(2015) Mónica Serrano et al.   PLoS Genetics

Regulation of Clostridium difficile Spore Formation by the SpoIIQ and SpoIIIA Proteins

(2015) Kelly A. Fimlaid et al.   PLoS Genetics

The ins and outs of serine integrase site-specific recombination

(2014) Karen Rutherford et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

The regulatory network controlling spore formation inClostridium difficile

(2014) Laure Saujet et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

SpoIIID-mediated regulation of σKfunction duringClostridium difficilesporulation

(2014) Keyan Pishdadian et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Sequence Similarity of Clostridium difficile Strains by Analysis of Conserved Genes and Genome Content Is Reflected by Their Ribotype Affiliation

(2014) Hedwig Kurka et al.   PLoS One

Clostridium difficile spore biology: sporulation, germination, and spore structural proteins

(2014) Daniel Paredes-Sabja et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Developmentally-Regulated Excision of the SPβ Prophage Reconstitutes a Gene Required for Spore Envelope Maturation in Bacillus subtilis

(2014) Kimihiro Abe et al.   PLoS Genetics

Adaptive Strategies and Pathogenesis of Clostridium difficile fromIn VivoTranscriptomics

(2013) Claire Janoir et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

A Genomic Signature and the Identification of New Sporulation Genes

(2013) A. B. Abecasis et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

 K of Clostridium acetobutylicum Is the First Known Sporulation-Specific Sigma Factor with Two Developmentally Separated Roles, One Early and One Late in Sporulation

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(2013) Irene S. Tan et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Genome-Wide Analysis of Cell Type-Specific Gene Transcription during Spore Formation in Clostridium difficile

(2013) Laure Saujet et al.   PLoS Genetics

Global Analysis of the Sporulation Pathway of Clostridium difficile

(2013) Kelly A. Fimlaid et al.   PLoS Genetics

The Spore Differentiation Pathway in the Enteric Pathogen Clostridium difficile

(2013) Fátima C. Pereira et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

(2013) Olga A. Soutourina et al.   PLoS Genetics

Prophage Excision Activates Listeria Competence Genes that Promote Phagosomal Escape and Virulence

(2012) Lev Rabinovich et al.   CELL

Genomic determinants of sporulation inBacilliandClostridia: towards the minimal set of sporulation-specific genes

(2012) Michael Y. Galperin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

TheClostridium difficile spo0AGene Is a Persistence and Transmission Factor

(2012) Laura J. Deakin et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Draft Genome Sequence of the Nontoxigenic Clostridium difficile Strain CD37

(2012) M. S. M. Brouwer et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

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

A Negative Feedback Loop That Limits the Ectopic Activation of a Cell Type–Specific Sporulation Sigma Factor of Bacillus subtilis

(2011) Mónica Serrano et al.   PLoS Genetics

Biology of Clostridium difficile: Implications for Epidemiology and Diagnosis

(2010) Carroll Karen C. et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Site-specific recombination by φC31 integrase and other large serine recombinases

(2010) Margaret C.M. Smith et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Hierarchical Evolution of the Bacterial Sporulation Network

(2010) Michiel J.L. de Hoon et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A modular system for Clostridium shuttle plasmids

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

Bile Salts and Glycine as Cogerminants for Clostridium difficile Spores

(2008) J. A. Sorg et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY