Influence of temperature and growth phase on expression of a 104- kilodalton Listeria adhesion protein in Listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2765-2769

  Santiago, Nivia I ^a,c   Zipf, Allan ^a   Bhunia, Arun K ^a,b  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pure Produce Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033050139     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2765-2769.1999     Document Type: Article

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