In vivo gene expression analysis identifies genes required for enhanced colonization of the mouse urinary tract by uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain CFT073 dsdA

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 278-289

  Haugen, Brian J ^a   Pellett, Shahaireen ^a   Redford, Peter ^a   Hamilton, Holly L ^a   Roesch, Paula L ^a   Welch, Rodney A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIPEPTIDE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN F; RNA; SERINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DELETION MUTANT; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DPPA GENE; DSDA GENE; DSDX GENE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI CFT073; FLIC GENE; FOCA GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HLYA GENE; IBPB GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDRO-LYASES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROTHELIUM; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33845975655     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01319-06     Document Type: Article

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