Mutational analysis of glucose transport regulation and glucose-mediated virulence gene repression in Listeria monocytogenes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 274-293

  Aké, Francine M D ^a   Joyet, Philippe ^a   Deutscher, Josef ^a   Milohanic, Eliane ^a  

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; MANNOSE; PERMEASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOHYDRATE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN MANL; PROTEIN MANM; PROTEIN MANR; PROTEIN MPOA; PROTEIN MPOB; PROTEIN PRFA; PROTEIN PTSL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE REPRESSION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS, FACILITATIVE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MANNOSE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 80955178826     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07692.x     Document Type: Article

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