The Listeria monocytogenes homolog of the Escherichia coli era gene is involved in adhesion to inert surfaces

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 7789-7792

  Auvray, Frédéric ^a   Chassaing, Danielle ^a   Duprat, Cécile ^a   Carpentier, Brigitte ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER POLLUTION;

CELL POPULATIONS; DIMETHYLAMMONIUM; E. COLI; GROWTH DEFECTS; INERT SURFACES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MONOCYTOGENES;

STAINLESS STEEL;

STAINLESS STEEL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ERA PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADHESION; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH; HOMOLOGY; MUTATION;

ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LMO1462 GENE; NONHUMAN; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DERMOSCOPY; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 38449089431     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01157-07     Document Type: Article

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