Identification of components of the sigma B regulon in Listeria monocytogenes that contribute to acid and salt tolerance

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 6848-6858

  Abram, F ^a   Starr, E ^a   Karatzas, K A G ^a   Matlawska Wasowska, K ^a   Boyd, A ^a   Wiedmann, M ^b   Boor, K J ^b   Connally, D ^a   O'Byrne, C P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COLLOIDS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELATION; GENES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACID STRESSES; CARBON SOURCES; CARBON UTILIZATIONS; CELL WALLS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES ENCODING; GROWTH MEDIUMS; HUMAN PATHOGENS; INTACT CELLS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAMMALIAN CELLS; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; MONOCYTOGENES; OSMOTIC STRESSES; OSMOTOLERANCE; PARENT STRAINS; PH STRESSES; PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATIONS; PROTEOME; PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS; PUTATIVE FUNCTIONS; SALT TOLERANCES; SIGB DELETIONS; SIGMA FACTORS; SPECIFIC COMPONENTS; STATIONARY PHASES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRIES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL RESPONSES; WILD TYPES;

PROTEINS;

CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; PROTEOME; SIGMA FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PH; SALINITY TOLERANCE; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULON; SALT TOLERANCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACIDS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL WALL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PHENAZINES; PROTEOME; REGULON; SALTS; SIGMA FACTOR; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 55949101133     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00442-08     Document Type: Article

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