Differential efficiency of induction of various lambdoid prophages responsible for production of Shiga toxins in response to different induction agents

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 289-298

  Łoś, Joanna M ^a   Łoś, Marcin ^a,b   Wegrzyn, Grzegorz ^a   Wegrzyn, Alicja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage replication; Extrachromosomal genetic elements; Lambdoid bacteriophages; Prophage induction; Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOMYCIN C; NORFLOXACIN; Q PROTEIN; SHIGA TOXIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LAMBDOID PROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, REPORTER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOMYCIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORFLOXACIN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; OXIDANTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROPHAGES; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 71249101533     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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