Salt stress-induced transcription of σ b- and CtsR-regulated genes in persistent and non-persistent listeria monocytogenes strains from food processing plants

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 198-206

  Ringus, Daina L ^a   Ivy, Reid A ^a   Wiedmann, Martin ^a   Boor, Kathryn J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALT STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SALT-TOLERANCE; SIGMA FACTOR; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; UP-REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84857807890     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2011.1000     Document Type: Article

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