Selection and characterization of phage-resistant mutant strains of Listeria monocytogenes reveal host genes linked to phage adsorption

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 4295-4305

  Denes, Thomas ^a   Den Bakker, Henk C ^a,b   Tokman, Jeffrey I ^a   Guldimann, Claudia ^a   Wiedmann, Martin ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; BINS; BIOCHEMISTRY; DISEASES; DNA SEQUENCES; LISTERIA;

DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PHAGE ADSORPTIONS; PHAGE INFECTION; RESISTANT MUTANTS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

GENES;

ADSORPTION; ALLELE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; GENE; GENOME; MONOSACCHARIDE; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDE; VIRULENCE; WHEAT;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ATTACHMENT;

BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRUS ATTACHMENT;

EID: 84930797241     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00087-15     Document Type: Article

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