Listeria monocytogenes 10403S HtrA is necessary for resistance to cellular stress and virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 765-768

  Wilson, Rebecca L ^a   Brown, Lindsay L ^a   Kirkwood Watts, Dana ^a   Warren, Travis K ^a   Lund, S Amanda ^a   King, David S ^a   Jones, Kevin F ^a   Hruby, Dennis E ^a  

^a SIGA Technologies Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HTRA PROTEIN; PUROMYCIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CELL STRESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HTRA GENE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES 10403S; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PUROMYCIN; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 29644445406     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.1.765-768.2006     Document Type: Article

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