Transcriptional profiling of Bacillus anthracis sterne (34F2) during iron starvation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Carlson Jr , Paul E ^a   Carr, Katherine A ^a   Janes, Brian K ^a   Anderson, Erica C ^a   Hanna, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTERNALIN PROTEIN, BACTERIA; IRON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; IRON DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DBA MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS STR. STERNE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 70349503583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006988     Document Type: Article

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