The steady-state orgA specific mRNA levels in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium are repressed by oxygen during logarithmic growth phase but not early-stationary phase

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-72

  Russell, Dean A ^a,b   Dooley, James S ^a   Haylock, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Competitive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; orgA gene; Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ORGA; GENETIC REGULATION; GROWTH CURVE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STEADY STATE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OXYGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 2942726046     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.05.025     Document Type: Article

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