Characterisation of the Transcriptomes of Genetically Diverse Listeria monocytogenes Exposed to Hyperosmotic and Low Temperature Conditions Reveal Global Stress-Adaptation Mechanisms

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Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Durack, Juliana ^a,b   Ross, Tom ^b   Bowman, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL ENERGY; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPEROSMOTIC STRESS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULON; RIBOSOME; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; COLD TEMPERATURE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84883362243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073603     Document Type: Article

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