Gene expression profiling of Helicobacter pylori reveals a growth-phase-dependent switch in virulence gene expression

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2643-2655

  Thompson, Lucinda J ^a,c   Merrell, D Scott ^b   Neilan, Brett A ^a   Mitchell, Hazel ^a   Lee, Adrian ^a   Falkow, Stanley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Fairchild Bldg D035 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROTEIN FECA; PROTEIN FRPB; PROTEIN PFR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; REGULON; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0242417000     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.5.2643-2655.2003     Document Type: Article

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