Listeria monocytogenes σB regulates stress response and virulence functions

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 5722-5734

  Kazmierczak, Mark J ^a   Mithoe, Sharon C ^a   Boor, Kathryn J ^a   Wiedmann, Martin ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; INFECTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ISOLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STRESS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MARKOV CHAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0141727630     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.19.5722-5734.2003     Document Type: Article

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