Allelic exchange and site-directed mutagenesis probe the contribution of ActA amino-acid variability to phosphorylation and virulence-associated phenotypes among Listeria monocytogenes strains

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 300-307

  Roberts, Angela J ^a   Wiedmann, Martin ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ActA; Allelic variation; Listeria monocytogenes; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ACT A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTA PROTEIN, LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOTHESIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CELL LINE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 33644870839     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx0502589     Document Type: Article

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