The Listeria monocytogenes σB regulon and its virulence-associated functions are inhibited by a small molecule

mBio

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Elizabeth Palmer, M ^a   Chaturongakul, Soraya ^a,b   Wiedmann, Martin ^a   Boor, Kathryn J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Mahidol University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FLUOROPHENYL STYRENE SULFONAMIDE; OXYGENASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BILE GENE; BSH GENE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HFQ GENE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INLA GENE; INLB GENE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; OPUC GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

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

EID: 84855212172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00241-11     Document Type: Article

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