The chitinolytic activity of listeria monocytogenes EGD is regulated by carbohydrates but also by the virulence regulator PrfA

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 6470-6476

  Larsen, M H ^a   Leisner, J J ^a   Ingmer, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS; CHITINASES; CHITINOLYTIC ACTIVITY; DOUBLE MUTANTS; ENCODING GENES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH PHASE; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; IN-VITRO; INSOLUBLE POLYMERS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MONOCYTOGENES; MUTANT CELLS; N-ACETYL-D-GLUCOSAMINE; NORTHERN BLOT ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT ACQUISITION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRULENCE GENE; WILD-TYPE CELLS;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELL CULTURE; CHITIN; DISEASES; LISTERIA; POLYMERS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; MESSENGER RNA; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PRFA PROTEIN, LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CHITIN; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLYSIS; INFECTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PATHOGEN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMER; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL LINE; CHITIN; CHITINASE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 78049295123     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00297-10     Document Type: Article

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