Identification and analysis of the osmotolerance associated genes in Listeria monocytogenes

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1089-1094

  Okada, Y ^a   Makino, S ^b   Okada, N ^c   Asakura, H ^a   Yamamoto, S ^a   Igimi, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Listeria monocytogenes; Osmotolerance

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; CARNITINE TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' TRIPHOSPHATE; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELETION MUTANT; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OPTICAL DENSITY; OSMOLARITY; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC STRESS; OSMOTOLERANCE; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; TETRA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OSMOSIS; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 70849085746     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030802056634     Document Type: Article

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