Transcriptome analysis of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa response to iron

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 374-379

  Palma, Marco ^a   Worgall, Stefan ^a   Quadri, Luis E N ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Genomics; Iron; Microarray; Pseudomonas; Transcriptome; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IRON METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TARGET CELL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IRON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0242576537     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0602-z     Document Type: Article

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