Evidence for expressional crosstalk between the central virulence regulator PrfA and the stress response mediator ClpC in Listeria monocytogenes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-50

  Ripio, María Teresa ^a   Vázquez Boland, José Antonio ^a   Vega, Yolanda ^a   Nair, Shamila ^b   Berche, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

ClpC; Coordinate expression; Environmental stress; Listeria monocytogenes; PrfA; Virulence regulation

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT SHOCK; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SURVIVAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTATION; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031886409     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00498-9     Document Type: Article

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