Development of a mariner-based transposon and identification of Listeria monocytogenes determinants, including the peptidyl-prolyl isomerase PrsA2, that contribute to its hemolytic phenotype

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3950-3964

  Zemansky, Jason ^a   Kline, Benjamin C ^a   Woodward, Joshua J ^a   Leber, Jess H ^a,d   Marquis, Hélène ^c   Portnoy, Daniel A ^a,b  

^a University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LISTERIOLYSIN O; MUTANT PROTEIN; OLIGOTIDE; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PRIMER DNA; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRFA; PROTEIN PRSA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYCLOPHILIN A; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; HLYA PROTEIN, LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PEPTIDE CHAIN TERMINATION RELEASE FACTOR 1; PEPTIDE CHAIN-TERMINATION RELEASE FACTOR 1; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GROWTH DISORDER; HEMOLYSIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LISTERIOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SHEEP;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYCLOPHILIN A; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FOLDING; SHEEP; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES;

EID: 67549122388     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00016-09     Document Type: Article

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