Cyclic di-GMP-dependent Signaling Pathways in the Pathogenic Firmicute Listeria monocytogenes

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Li Hong ^a,c   Köseoğlu, Volkan K ^a   Güvener, Zehra T ^a,d   Myers Morales, Tanya ^b   Reed, Joseph M ^a,e   D’Orazio, Sarah E F ^b   Miller, Kurt W ^a   Gomelsky, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC DI GMP; CYCLIC GMP; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LYASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DGCA GENE; DGCB GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGEN LOAD; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LISTERIOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYCLIC GMP; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84920777348     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004301     Document Type: Article

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