σB- and PrfA-dependent transcription of genes previously classified as putative constituents of the Listeria monocytogenes PrfA regulon

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-293

  Ollinger, Juliane ^a   Wiedmann, Martin ^a   Boor, Kathryn J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BSH GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LMO0178 GENE; LMO0596 GENE; LMO0654 GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OPUCA GENE; PLCA GENE; PRFA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; VIRULENCE;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

BACTERIAL RNA; PEPTIDE CHAIN TERMINATION RELEASE FACTOR 1; PEPTIDE CHAIN-TERMINATION RELEASE FACTOR 1; SIGB PROTEIN, LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SIGMA FACTOR; VIRULENCE;

EID: 45749107484     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2008.0079     Document Type: Article

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