Identification of Streptococcus suis genes preferentially expressed under iron starvation by selective capture of transcribed sequences

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-133

  Li, Wei ^a   Liu, Lei ^a   Chen, Huanchun ^a   Zhou, Rui ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Iron starvation; Selective capture of transcribed sequences; Streptococcus suis; Upregulated gene

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; AEROBIC RESPIRATION CONTROL PROTEIN A; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CPDB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IRON DEPLETION; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ARCA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 59449086562     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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