A postgenomic appraisal of osmotolerance in Listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-9

  Sleator, Roy D ^a   Gahan, Cormac G M ^a   Hill, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0037226620     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.1.1-9.2003     Document Type: Short Survey

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