Transcriptional Regulation and Posttranslational Activity of the Betaine Transporter BetL in Listeria monocytogenes Are Controlled by Environmental Salinity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 7140-7144

  Sleator, Roy D ^a   Wood, Janet M ^b   Hill, Colin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; BUFFER; CARNITINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN BETL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GENETIC CODE; HALF LIFE TIME; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAINE; CARRIER PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0344235398     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.24.7140-7144.2003     Document Type: Article

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