RpoS function in Salmonella typhimurium LT2 monitored in a skim milk model food

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-72

  Thompson, Jacquelyn M ^b   Stewart, Gordon S A B ^a   Dodd, Christine E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FOOD MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MILK; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032942720     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-62.1.70     Document Type: Article

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