Analysis of the Role of OpuC, an Osmolyte Transport System, in Salt Tolerance and Virulence Potential of Listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2692-2698

  Sleator, Roy D ^a   Wouters, Jeroen ^b   Gahan, Cormac G M ^a   Abee, Tjakko ^b   Hill, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OPUC PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0035375112     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.6.2692-2698.2001     Document Type: Article

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