Intracellular induction of Listeria monocytogenes actA expression

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1087-1096

  Shetron Rama, Lynne M ^a   Marquis, Hélène ^a   Bouwer, H G Archie ^a   Freitag, Nancy E ^a  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN ACTA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOUSE; MPL GENE; NONHUMAN; PRFA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0036178762     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.3.1087-1096.2002     Document Type: Article

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