Global effect of RpoS on gene expression in pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain EDL933

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Dong, Tao ^a   Schellhorn, Herb E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI SECRETED PROTEIN A; GLYCOGEN; GLYOXYLIC ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN BIRA; PROTEIN CESF; PROTEIN CMK; PROTEIN CODA; PROTEIN DEOR; PROTEIN DICA; PROTEIN ESPL; PROTEIN FADBA; PROTEIN FADE; PROTEIN LER; PROTEIN MARR; PROTEIN METJ; PROTEIN PDHR; PROTEIN TIR; PROTEIN UDK; PROTEIN UHPA; PROTEIN UPP; PUTRESCINE; SACCHARIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL RNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEAT STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; REGULON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; VIBRIO;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REGULON; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGMA FACTOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 69249146924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-349     Document Type: Article

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