Global transcriptional response to spermine, a component of the intramacrophage environment, reveals regulation of Francisella gene expression through insertion sequence elements

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 6855-6864

  Carlson Jr , Paul E ^a   Horzempa, Joseph ^a   O'Dee, Dawn M ^a   Robinson, Cory M ^a   Neophytou, Panayiotis ^a   Labrinidis, Alexandros ^a   Nau, Gerard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MACROPHAGES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPERMINE; TULAREMIA; VIRULENCE;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70350436281     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00995-09     Document Type: Article

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