A PrfA-regulated bile exclusion system (BilE) is a novel virulence factor in Listeria monocytogenes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1183-1195

  Sleator, Roy D ^a,b   Wemekamp Kamphuis, Henrike H ^c,d   Gahan, Cormac G M ^a,b   Abee, Tjakko ^c,d   Hill, Colin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE EXCLUSION SYSTEM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTESTINE FLORA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OSMOLARITY; PHENOTYPE; PRFA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BILE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; RABBITS; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 14544298762     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04454.x     Document Type: Article

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