Gene transcription and virulence potential of Listeria monocytogenes strains after exposure to acidic and NaCl stress

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 669-680

  Olesen, Inger ^a   Vogensen, Finn K ^a   Jespersen, Lene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INVASION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIN A GENE; LIFE CYCLE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UPREGULATION; ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES EGD-E;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CACO-2 CELLS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 70349318120     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2008.0243     Document Type: Article

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