Blue and Red Light Modulates SigB-Dependent Gene Transcription, Swimming Motility and Invasiveness in Listeria monocytogenes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ondrusch, Nicolai ^a   Kreft, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTERNALIN A; INTERNALIN B; PROTEIN LMO0799; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SIGB PROTEIN, LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INVASIVENESS; BACTERIAL MOTILITY; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BLUE LIGHT; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE CELL; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RED LIGHT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LIGHT; LISTERIOSIS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SWIMMING; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PHOTOBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MUTATION; SIGMA FACTOR; SWIMMING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79955499598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016151     Document Type: Article

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