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The Clostridium difficile Exosporium Cysteine (CdeC)-Rich Protein Is Required for Exosporium Morphogenesis and Coat Assembly

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Barra-Carrasco, Jonathan, Olguín-Araneda, Valeria, Plaza-Garrido, Ángela, Miranda-Cárdenas, Camila, Cofré-Araneda, Glenda, Pizarro-Guajardo, Marjorie, Sarker, Mahfuzur R., and Paredes-Sabja, Daniel

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Clostridium difficile is an important nosocomial pathogen that has become a major cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. There is a general consensus that C. difficile spores play an important role in C. difficile pathogenesis, contributing to infection, persistence, and transmission. Evidence has demonstrated that C. difficile spores have an outermost layer,...

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Protein Is Required for Exosporium Morphogenesis and Coat Assembly Jonathan Barra-Carrasco,a Valeria