Toxins, butyric acid, and other short-chain fatty acids are coordinately expressed and down-regulated by cysteine in Clostridium difficile.
Karlsson S, Lindberg A, Norin E, Burman LG, Akerlund T.
Karlsson S, et al. Among authors: akerlund t.
Infect Immun. 2000 Oct;68(10):5881-8. doi: 10.1128/IAI.68.10.5881-5888.2000.
Infect Immun. 2000.
PMID: 10992498
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It was recently found that a mixture of nine amino acids down-regulate Clostridium difficile toxin production when added to peptone yeast extract (PY) cultures of strain VPI 10463 (S. Karlsson, L. G. Burman, and T. Akerlund, Microbiology 145:1683-1693, 1999). In the …
It was recently found that a mixture of nine amino acids down-regulate Clostridium difficile toxin production when added to peptone yeast ex …