Brucella melitensis global gene expression study provides novel information on growth phase-specific gene regulation with potential insights for understanding Brucella:host initial interactions

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Rossetti, Carlos A ^a,c   Galindo, Cristi L ^b   Lawhon, Sara D ^a   Garner, Harold R ^b   Adams, L Garry ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOGENESIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CELL INVASION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DOWN REGULATION; ENERGY YIELD; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GROWTH CURVE; HELA CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; UPREGULATION; BRUCELLOSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 66149144766     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-81     Document Type: Article

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