Gene Review:
colA - collagenase
Clostridium perfringens str. 13
- Purification and characterization of Clostridium perfringens 120-kilodalton collagenase and nucleotide sequence of the corresponding gene. Matsushita, O., Yoshihara, K., Katayama, S., Minami, J., Okabe, A. J. Bacteriol. (1994)
- Construction and virulence testing of a collagenase mutant of Clostridium perfringens. Awad, M.M., Ellemor, D.M., Bryant, A.E., Matsushita, O., Boyd, R.L., Stevens, D.L., Emmins, J.J., Rood, J.I. Microb. Pathog. (2000)
- Identification of a novel locus that regulates expression of toxin genes in Clostridium perfringens. Ohtani, K., Bhowmik, S.K., Hayashi, H., Shimizu, T. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (2002)
- The genome sequence of Clostridium tetani, the causative agent of tetanus disease. Bruggemann, H., Baumer, S., Fricke, W.F., Wiezer, A., Liesegang, H., Decker, I., Herzberg, C., Martinez-Arias, R., Merkl, R., Henne, A., Gottschalk, G. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2003)
- Humoral immune responses in Peyronie's disease patients receiving clostridial collagenase therapy. Hamilton, R.G., Mintz, G.R., Gelbard, M.K. J. Urol. (1986)
- Clostridial VirR/VirS regulon involves a regulatory RNA molecule for expression of toxins. Shimizu, T., Yaguchi, H., Ohtani, K., Banu, S., Hayashi, H. Mol. Microbiol. (2002)
- Identification of novel VirR/VirS-regulated genes in Clostridium perfringens. Banu, S., Ohtani, K., Yaguchi, H., Swe, T., Cole, S.T., Hayashi, H., Shimizu, T. Mol. Microbiol. (2000)
- Preparation of isolated liver endothelial cells and Kupffer cells in high yield by means of an enterotoxin. Blomhoff, R., Smedsrød, B., Eskild, W., Granum, P.E., Berg, T. Exp. Cell Res. (1984)
- The CcpA protein is necessary for efficient sporulation and enterotoxin gene (cpe) regulation in Clostridium perfringens. Varga, J., Stirewalt, V.L., Melville, S.B. J. Bacteriol. (2004)
- Gene duplication and multiplicity of collagenases in Clostridium histolyticum. Matsushita, O., Jung, C.M., Katayama, S., Minami, J., Takahashi, Y., Okabe, A. J. Bacteriol. (1999)
- Collagenase gene (colA) is located in the 3'-flanking region of the perfringolysin O (pfoA) locus in Clostridium perfringens. Ohtani, K., Bando, M., Swe, T., Banu, S., Oe, M., Hayashi, H., Shimizu, T. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (1997)
- Genomic diversity in the pfoA region of the theta-toxin-deficient strains of Clostridium perfringens. Ba-Thein, W., Inui, S., Shimizu, T., Swe, T., Banu, S., Ohtani, K., Oe, M., Sakurai, N., Nakamura, S., Hayashi, H. Microbiol. Immunol. (1997)
- Contraction of the rat isolated aorta caused by Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin (phospholipase C): evidence for the involvement of arachidonic acid metabolism. Fujii, Y., Sakurai, J. Br. J. Pharmacol. (1989)
- Virulence factors of Clostridium perfringens. Smith, L.D. Rev. Infect. Dis. (1979)
- The 105-kDa protein component of Bacillus cereus non-haemolytic enterotoxin (Nhe) is a metalloprotease with gelatinolytic and collagenolytic activity. Lund, T., Granum, P.E. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (1999)
- The virR/virS locus regulates the transcription of genes encoding extracellular toxin production in Clostridium perfringens. Ba-Thein, W., Lyristis, M., Ohtani, K., Nisbet, I.T., Hayashi, H., Rood, J.I., Shimizu, T. J. Bacteriol. (1996)