Transcriptomic and phenotypic analyses identify coregulated, overlapping regulons among PrfA, CtsR, HrcA, and the alternative sigma factors σ b, σ c, σ h, and σ l in Listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 187-200

  Chaturongakul, Soraya ^b   Raengpradub, Sarita ^a   Palmer, M Elizabeth ^a   Bergholz, Teresa M ^a   Orsi, Renato H ^a   Hu, Yuewei ^a   Ollinger, Juliane ^a   Wiedmann, Martin ^a   Boor, Kathryn J ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX REGULATORY NETWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENOME MICROARRAY; GUINEA PIGS; HEAT-SHOCK; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MONOCYTOGENES; MUTANT STRAIN; NEGATIVE REGULATORS; PHENOTYPIC ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION; REGULATORY PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL NETWORKS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR; VIRULENCE GENE;

ACID RESISTANCE; DISEASES; GENE ENCODING; HEAT RESISTANCE; LISTERIA; SPECIFIC HEAT;

GENE EXPRESSION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CTSR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PRFA PROTEIN, LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GROWTH RATE; HEAT SHOCK; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MUTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODEL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GUINEA PIG; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULON; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUINEA PIGS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MACROPHAGES; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; VIRULENCE;

CAVIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 79251648916     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00952-10     Document Type: Article

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