Analysis of the isoprenoid biosynthesis pathways in Listeria monocytogenes reveals a role for the alternative 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate pathway in murine infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5392-5401

  Begley, Máire ^a,b,c   Bron, Peter A ^a   Heuston, Sinead ^a,b   Casey, Pat G ^a,b   Englert, Nadine ^d   Wiesner, Jochen ^d   Jomaa, Hassan ^d   Gahan, Cormac G M ^a,b   Hill, Colin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 C METHYL DEXTRO ERYTHRITOL 4 PHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ISOPRENOID; MEVALONIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN GCPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ERYTHRITOL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEVALONIC ACID; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUGAR PHOSPHATES; TERPENES;

EID: 55849108809     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01376-07     Document Type: Article

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