The Bacteroides fragilis transcriptome response to oxygen and H 2O2: The role of OxyR and its effect on survival and virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-142

  Sund, Christian J ^a,c   Rocha, Edson R ^a   Tzinabos, Arthur O ^b,d   Wells, W Greg ^a   Gee, Jason M ^a   Reott, Michael A ^a   O'Rourke, Dorcas P ^a   Smith, C Jeffrey ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c US Army Research Laborators   (United States)

^d SHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS;

EID: 36849073187     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06031.x     Document Type: Article

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