Plasmid-based system for high-level gene expression and antisense gene knockdown in Bartonella henselae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5434-5436

  Gillaspie, Devin ^a   Perkins, Izabella ^a   Larsen, Kellie ^a   McCord, Amy ^a   Pangonis, Scott ^a   Sweger, Debra ^a   Seleem, Mohamed N ^b   Sriranganathan, Nammalwar ^c   Anderson, Burt E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE GENES; ANTISENSE RNA; BACTERIAL INVASION; GALACTOSIDASES; GENE KNOCK DOWN; HUMAN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; PLASMID VECTORS; PUTATIVE TRANSCRIPTION; REPORTER GENE; RESPONSE REGULATORS;

BIOACTIVITY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA;

TRANSCRIPTION;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN REGULATOR; PLASMID VECTOR;

BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST RANGE; PLASMID; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CELL INVASION; ELECTROPORATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGULATORY DNA SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; RNA, ANTISENSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA HENSELAE;

EID: 68549090826     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00949-09     Document Type: Article

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