Identification of the iron-responsive genes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by microarray analysis in defined medium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 4865-4874

  Ducey, Thomas F ^a,b   Carson, Matthew B ^a,b   Orvis, Joshua ^a,b   Stintzi, Alain P ^c   Dyer, David W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; IRON; LIGAND; MERR PROTEIN; PROTEIN FUR; PROTEIN TONB; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOST; IRON RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; IRON TRANSPORT; MAMMAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SURVIVAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA PRIMERS; IRON; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MAMMALIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 21844455487     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.14.4865-4874.2005     Document Type: Article

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