Molecular characterization of the surface layer proteins from Clostridium difficile
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- 1 June 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 40 (5) , 1187-1199
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02461.x
Abstract
Many bacteria express a surface‐exposed proteinaceous layer, termed the S‐layer, which forms a regular two‐dimensional array visible by electron microscopy. Clostridium difficile is unusual in expres...Keywords
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