A novel role for the LisRK two-component regulatory system in listerial osmotolerance

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Abstract

Understanding how pathogenic bacteria sense and respond to environmental signals, including those involved in triggering virulence gene expression, is a fundamental biological goal. It is now known that the two-component regulatory system LisRK has a novel role in osmosensing and osmoregulation in the intracellular foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. Furthermore, htrA, a gene linked to osmotolerance and virulence potential in L. monocytogenes, is now known to be under the transcriptional control of LisRK.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)599-601
Number of pages3
JournalClinical Microbiology and Infection
Volume11
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2005

Keywords

  • HtrA
  • LisRK
  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • Osmoregulation
  • Osmosensing
  • Two-component regulatory systems

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