Regulation of hly expression in Listeria monocytogenes by carbon sources and pH occurs through separate mechanisms mediated by PrfA

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3635-3642

  Behari, Jaideep ^a   Youngman, Philip ^a,b  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; LISTERIOLYSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0031848306     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.8.3635-3642.1998     Document Type: Article

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