Genome-wide transcriptional profiling of the Escherichia coli response to a proline-rich antimicrobial peptide

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3260-3267

  Tomasinsig, Linda ^a,b   Scocchi, Marco ^b,c   Mettulio, Romina ^b   Zanetti, Margherita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Natl Lab CIB   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROLINE RICH ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; PROTEIN BAC7[1-35]; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDES; PROLINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 4344573440     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.9.3260-3267.2004     Document Type: Article

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