Rapid, transient, and proportional activation of σ B in response to osmotic stress in Listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 7841-7845

  Utratna, Marta ^a   Shaw, Iain ^a   Starr, Emily ^a   O'Byrne, Conor P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OSMOTIC ACTIVATION; OSMOTIC STRESS;

GENES; LISTERIA; PATHOGENS;

OSMOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SIGMA FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; BIOMONITORING; GENE EXPRESSION; MAGNITUDE; OSMOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SIGMA FACTOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 83155178358     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05732-11     Document Type: Article

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