Carbon-source regulation of virulence gene expression in Listeria monocytogenes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1075-1085

  Milenbachs, Andrea A ^a   Brown, David P ^a   Moors, Marlena ^b   Youngman, Philip ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0031024403     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2711634.x     Document Type: Article

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