Listeria monocytogenes relA and hpt mutants are impaired in surface-attached growth and virulence

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 621-628

  Taylor, Clare M ^a   Beresford, Mark ^a   Epton, Harry A S ^a   Sigee, David C ^a   Shama, Gilbert ^a   Andrew, Peter W ^a   Roberts, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PURINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HPT GENE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RELA GENE; STRESS; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MURINAE; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0036170809     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.3.621-628.2002     Document Type: Article

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