Clostridioides difficile,CspC:CspA

Morgan E McNellis1,2, Gonzalo González-Del Pino1, Juan A Serrano-Jiménez1

  • 1Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.

PLoS biology
|February 2, 2026
PubMed
概括

克洛斯特里迪奥伊德复杂子的发芽依赖于一个独特的CspC:CspA异构体复合物. 这个复合体作为一个信号枢纽,感知芽和共同芽的信号来控制子激活.

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