Low-shear modeled microgravity alters the Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium stress response in an RpoS-independent manner

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5408-5416

  Wilson, James W ^a   Ott, C Mark ^a   Ramamurthy, Rajee ^a   Porwollik, Steffen ^a   McClelland, Michael ^a   Pierson, Duane L ^a   Nickerson, Cheryl A ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENES; MUTAGENESIS;

MICROGRAVITY;

BACTERIA;

SIGMA FACTOR;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; MICROGRAVITY; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0036840426     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5408-5416.2002     Document Type: Article

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