Identification of Campylobacter jejuni genes involved in the response to acidic pH and stomach transit

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1583-1597

  Reid, Anne N ^a   Pandey, Reenu ^b   Palyada, Kiran ^b   Naikare, Hemant ^b   Stintzi, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; WATERBORNE GASTROENTERITIS;

GENE ENCODING;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PROTEIN CLPB; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ACIDIFICATION; BACTERIUM; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITRITE; PH; PIG; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; STOMACH CONTENT; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ACIDITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NEWBORN; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH PH; SWINE; UPREGULATION;

ALKANESULFONATES; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DNA PRIMERS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUS SCROFA;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 40549124911     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01507-07     Document Type: Article

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