Genetic organization of ascB-dapE internalin cluster serves as a potential marker for Listeria monocytogenes sublineages IIA, IIB, and IIC

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 575-584

  Chen, Jianshun ^a,b,c   Fang, Chun ^a   Zhu, Ningyu ^b,c   Lv, Yonghui ^d   Cheng, Changyong ^a   Bei, Yijiang ^b,c   Zheng, Tianlun ^b,c   Fang, Weihuan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Fisheries Technical Extension Center   (China)

^c Zhejiang Aquatic Disease Prevention and Quarantine Center   (China)

^d National Fisheries Technical Extension Center   (China)

Author keywords

ascB dapE internalin cluster; L. monocytogenes; Lineage II; Sublineage

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER; NISIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE D1 GENE; HELA CELL; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNALIN A GENE; INTERNALIN C2 GENE; INTERNALIN C2DE GENE; INTERNALIN F GENE; INTERNALIN GC2DE GENE; INTERNALIN GHE GENE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LMO2026 GENE; MOUSE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOP CODON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84862091970     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1110.10056     Document Type: Article

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