Global transcriptional response of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to growth transitions in glucose minimal medium

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bergholz, Teresa M ^a   Wick, Lukas M ^a   Qi, Weihong ^a   Riordan, James T ^a   Ouellette, Lindsey M ^a   Whittam, Thomas S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; SHIGA TOXIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UREASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; OXYGEN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH CURVE; HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEADY STATE; STRESS; UPREGULATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OPEN READING FRAME; STATISTICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GLUCOSE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; OXYGEN; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 39049116054     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-97     Document Type: Article

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