Role of proP and proU in betaine uptake by Yersinia enterocolitica under cold and osmotic stress conditions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1471-1477

  Annamalai, Thirunavukkarasu ^a   Venkitanarayanan, Kumar ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Department of Animal Science ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD TEMPERATURES; DOUBLE MUTANTS; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; INTRACELLULAR ACCUMULATIONS; OSMOLARITY; OSMOLYTES; OSMOTIC STRESS; STRESS RESPONSE; WILD TYPES; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

OSMOSIS;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; COLD TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; OSMOSIS; PATHOGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAINE; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 62149152384     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01644-08     Document Type: Article

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