[EN] IDENTIFICATION OF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE CSPC AS A BILE ACID GERMINANT RECEPTOR<br/>[FR] IDENTIFICATION DE CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE CSPC COMME RÉCEPTEUR DE GERMINATION DE L'ACIDE BILIAIRE
申请人:SORG JOSEPH A
公开号:WO2014143033A1
公开(公告)日:2014-09-18
The invention provides, inter alia, method of identifying a test compound that binds a germination-related protease-like protein (CspC), e.g., compounds that are agonists or antagonists of germination of a spore of a Clostridium species, such as Clostridium difficile. The invention also provides methods of treating and/or preventing a Clostridium infection in a mammalian subject in need thereof.