Two zinc uptake systems contribute to the full virulence of Listeria monocytogenes during growth in vitro and in vivo

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-21

  Corbett, David ^a   Wang, Jiahui ^a   Schuler, Stephanie ^a   Gloria, Lopez Castejon ^a   Glenn, Sarah ^b   Brough, David ^a   Andrew, Peter W ^b   Cavet, Jennifer S ^a   Roberts, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINABC PROTEIN; ZINC BINDING PROTEIN; ZURAM PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SPREADING; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; OPERON; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; ZINC;

EID: 84863239608     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05904-11     Document Type: Article

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