Microarray based comparison of two Escherichia coli O157:H7 lineages

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Dowd, Scot E ^a   Ishizaki, Hiroshi ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL LINEAGE; DNA MICROARRAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7;

ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UP-REGULATION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 33645650180     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-6-30     Document Type: Article

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