Regulation of cell division, biofilm formation, and virulence by FlhC in Escherichia coli O157:H7 grown on meat

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3653-3662

  Sule, Preeti ^a   Horne, Shelley M ^a   Logue, Catherine M ^a   Prüb, Birgit M ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM FORMATION; CELL DIVISION RATES; CELL DIVISIONS; CELLULAR FUNCTION; CELLULAR PROCESS; CHICKEN EMBRYO; COMPLEX REGULATORY NETWORK; CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS; CONTROL POINT; E. COLI; E.COLI O157:H7; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; EXPRESSION LEVELS; EXPRESSION PATTERNS; FOOD PATHOGENS; MICROARRAY DATA; MICROARRAY EXPERIMENTS; PARENT STRAIN; REAL-TIME PCR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS; TRANSDUCING;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXPERIMENTS; GENES; MEATS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FLHC PROTEIN, E COLI; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARRAY; BIOFILM; CELL ORGANELLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; LABORATORY METHOD; MEAT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL DIVISION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; DISEASE MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEAT; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CELL DIVISION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MEAT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 79958252546     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00069-11     Document Type: Article

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