Comparative transcriptome analysis of Listeria monocytogenes strains of the two major lineages reveals differences in virulence, cell wall, and stress response

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6078-6088

  Severino, Patricia ^a,g   Dussurget, Olivier ^a,b,c   Vêncio, Ricardo Z N ^d   Dumas, Emilie ^e   Garrido, Patricia ^a   Padilla, Gabriel ^f   Piveteau, Pascal ^e   Lemaître, Jean Paul ^e   Kunst, Frank ^a   Glaser, Philippe ^a   Buchrieser, Carmen ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c USC2020   (France)

^d INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PATHOGENS; PROTEINS;

CELL WALL; HUMAN LISTERIOSIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES STRAINS; TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBON METABOLISM; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LD 50; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; PROTEIN METABOLISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 35148871224     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02730-06     Document Type: Article

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