Identification of a new locus in Listeria monocytogenes involved in cellobiose-dependent repression of hly expression

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 265-272

  Huillet, Eugénie ^a   Larpin, Sandra ^a   Pardon, Pierre ^a   Berche, Patrick ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Catabolic repression multidrug resistance pump; Cellobiose; Hemolysin; Listeria monocytogenes; Listeriolysin O

Indexed keywords

CELLOBIOSE; CYTOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN; LISTERIOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLOBIOSE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0032910031     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00153-6     Document Type: Article

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