Modulation of PrfA activity in Listeria monocytogenes upon growth in different culture media

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3856-3876

  Stoll, Regina ^a   Mertins, Sonja ^a,b   Joseph, Biju ^a   Müller Altrock, Stefanie ^a   Goebel, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CELLOBIOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; MANNOSE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POSITIVE REGULATORY FACTOR A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; PEPTIDE CHAIN TERMINATION RELEASE FACTOR 1; PEPTIDE CHAIN-TERMINATION RELEASE FACTOR 1; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BROTH DILUTION; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LURIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM;

EID: 58949086984     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2008/018283-0     Document Type: Article

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