"Clostridium perfringens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The most common etiologic agent of GAS GANGRENE. It is differentiable into several distinct types based on the distribution of twelve different toxins.
| Descriptor ID |
D003016
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.300.390.400.200.575 B03.353.625.375.500.575 B03.510.415.400.200.575
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Clostridium perfringens" by people in Profiles.
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Perfringolysin O: The Underrated Clostridium perfringens Toxin? Toxins (Basel). 2015 May 14; 7(5):1702-21.
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Disulfide-bond scanning reveals assembly state and ß-strand tilt angle of the PFO ß-barrel. Nat Chem Biol. 2013 Jun; 9(6):383-9.
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The cholesterol-dependent cytolysin signature motif: a critical element in the allosteric pathway that couples membrane binding to pore assembly. PLoS Pathog. 2012; 8(7):e1002787.
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Prevalence and diversity of toxigenic Clostridium perfringens and Clostridium difficile among swine herds in the midwest. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 May; 76(9):2961-7.
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Helical crystallization on nickel-lipid nanotubes: perfringolysin O as a model protein. J Struct Biol. 2005 Nov; 152(2):129-39.
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Prepore to pore transition of a cholesterol-dependent cytolysin visualized by electron microscopy. J Struct Biol. 2005 Apr; 150(1):100-8.
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Vertical collapse of a cytolysin prepore moves its transmembrane beta-hairpins to the membrane. EMBO J. 2004 Aug 18; 23(16):3206-15.
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Structural insights into the membrane-anchoring mechanism of a cholesterol-dependent cytolysin. Nat Struct Biol. 2002 Nov; 9(11):823-7.
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Clostridium perfringens beta toxin and Clostridium septicum alpha toxin: their mechanisms and possible role in pathogenesis. Vet Microbiol. 2001 Sep 03; 82(1):1-9.
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The cholesterol-dependent cytolysins. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2001; 257:15-33.