Identification and Disruption of the proBA Locus in Listeria monocytogenes: Role of Proline Biosynthesis in Salt Tolerance and Murine Infection

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2571-2577

  Sleator, Roy D ^a   Gahan, Cormac G M ^a   Hill, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE 5 KINASE; GLUTAMATE 5-KINASE; GLUTAMATE GAMMA SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROLINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PATHOGENICITY;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUTAMATE-5-SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (CARBOXYL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PROLINE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035374353     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.6.2571-2577.2001     Document Type: Article

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