Differential regulation of the virulence genes of Listeria monocytogenes by the transcriptional activator PrfA

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1189-1198

  Bohne, Jutta ^a   Kestler, Hubert ^a   Uebele, Corinna ^a   Sokolovic, Zeljka ^a   Goebel, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; DELETION MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0029974851     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02639.x     Document Type: Article

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