Glycerol metabolism and PrfA activity in Listeria monocytogenes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 5412-5430

  Joseph, Biju ^a   Mertins, Sonja ^a,b   Stoll, Regina ^a   Schär, Jennifer ^a   Umesha, Kanasinakatte Rudrappa ^a,c   Luo, Qin ^a,d   Müller Altrock, Stefanie ^a   Goebel, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c University   (India)

^d CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELLOBIOSE; DIHYDROXYACETONE KINASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL KINASE; PERMEASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN PRFA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLISM; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLPD GENE; GLPFK GENE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 47749136159     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00259-08     Document Type: Article

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