A protein thermometer controls temperature-dependent transcription of flagellar motility genes in listeria monocytogenes

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Kamp, Heather D ^a   Higgins, Darren E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL MOTILITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLAR MOTILITY GENE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYBRID; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN THERMOMETER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOMETER; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAMMALIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 80052316142     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002153     Document Type: Article

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