The transcriptome of the nosocomial pathogen Enterococcus faecalis V583 reveals adaptive responses to growth in blood

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Vebø, Heidi C ^a   Snipen, Lars ^a   Nes, Ingolf F ^a   Brede, Dag A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FERROPORTIN 1; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IRON TRANSPORT; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; CROSS INFECTION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

ANIMALS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 70449427943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007660     Document Type: Article

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