Characterization of relA and codY mutants of Listeria monocytogenes: Identification of the CodY regulon and its role in virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1453-1467

  Bennett, Hayley J ^a   Pearce, David M ^a,e   Glenn, Sarah ^b   Taylor, Clare M ^a   Kuhn, Michael ^c   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^d   Andrew, Peter W ^b   Roberts, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CARBON; CODY PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NITROGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOUSE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; SUGAR TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; ENTEROCYTES; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIGASES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MACROPHAGES; METABOLISM; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33846979122     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05597.x     Document Type: Article

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