Listeria monocytogenes σB has a small core regulon and a conserved role in virulence but makes differential contributions to stress tolerance across a diverse collection of strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4216-4232

  Oliver, H F ^a   Orsi, R H ^a   Wiedmann, M ^a   Boor, K J ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ISOLATION; CACO-2 CELLS; CLINICAL ISOLATES; CORE SET; DIFFERENTIAL CONTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPRESSION MICROARRAY; FOOD ISOLATES; GUINEA PIGS; INFECTION MODELS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MONOCYTOGENES; MUTANT STRAIN; PHYLOGENETIC LINEAGES; STRESS RESPONSE; STRESS TOLERANCE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR; TRANSCRIPTOMES;

ACIDS; GENES;

LISTERIA;

SIGB PROTEIN, LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GUINEA PIG; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CACO-2 CELLS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUINEA PIGS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 77954289636     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00031-10     Document Type: Article

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