Campylobacter jejuni gene expression in the chick cecum: Evidence for adaptation to a low-oxygen environment

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 5278-5285

  Woodall, C A ^a   Jones, M A ^b   Barrow, P A ^b   Hinds, J ^c   Marsden, G L ^c   Kelly, D J ^d   Dorrell, N ^e   Wren, B W ^e   Maskell, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA; RNA 16S;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CECUM; CHICKEN; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA MICROARRAY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CECUM; CHICKENS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN;

EID: 23344445815     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.8.5278-5285.2005     Document Type: Article

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