An RNA thermosensor controls expression of virulence genes in Listeria monocytogenes

Cell

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 551-561

  Johansson, Jörgen ^a   Mandin, Pierre ^a   Renzoni, Adriana ^a   Chiaruttini, Claude ^b   Springer, Mathias ^b   Cossart, Pascale ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ASSAY; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN VITRO STUDY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMORECEPTOR;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037031594     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00905-4     Document Type: Article

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