A single point mutation in the listerial betL σA-dependent promoter leads to improved osmo- and chill-tolerance and a morphological shift at elevated osmolarity

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Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Hofmann, Roland F ^a   McLernon, Susan ^a   Feeney, Audrey ^b   Hill, Colin ^a   Sleator, Roy D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Department of Chemistry   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chill tolerance; Listeria; Osmotolerance; Salt stress; Twisted cells

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETAINE; BETL PROTEIN, LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRESS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHILL-TOLERANCE; COLD; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LISTERIA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTOLERANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SALT STRESS; TWISTED CELLS;

CHILL-TOLERANCE; LISTERIA; OSMOTOLERANCE; SALT STRESS; TWISTED CELLS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETAINE; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84905527823     PISSN: 19491018     EISSN: 19491026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/bioe.24094     Document Type: Article

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