The lmo1078 gene encoding a putative UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase is involved in growth of Listeria monocytogenes at low temperature

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-37

  Chassaing, Danielle ^a   Auvray, Frédéric ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Cold adaptation; Glycolipids; Listeria monocytogenes; Teichoic acids; UDP glucose

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE PYROPHOSPHORYLASE; GLYCOLIPID; PHOSPHORYLASE; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; FOOD PRESERVATION; FREEZING; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH HAZARD; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT STRESS;

BASE SEQUENCE; COLD; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; UTP-GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34548580431     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00840.x     Document Type: Article

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