Mycobacterium avium genes upregulated upon infection of Acanthamoeba castellanii demonstrate a common response to the intracellular environment

Current Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-133

  Tenant, Rachel ^a   Bermudez, Luiz E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL ACTIVATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROMOLECULE; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RNA TRANSLATION; UPREGULATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); UP-REGULATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 32944470331     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-0218-4     Document Type: Article

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