Response regulator DegU of Listeria monocytogenes regulates the expression of flagella-specific genes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 287-298

  Williams, Tatjana ^a   Joseph, Biju ^a   Beier, Dagmar ^a   Goebel, Werner ^a   Kuhn, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

DegU; Listeria monocytogenes; Motility; Proteomics; Response regulator; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN DEGU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; DNA MICROARRAY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 27544442693     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.09.011     Document Type: Article

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