The transcriptional programme of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium reveals a key role for tryptophan metabolism in biofilms

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hamilton, Shea ^a,b,f,g   Bongaerts, Roy J M ^a   Mulholland, Francis ^a   Cochrane, Brett ^d,f,g   Porter, Jonathan ^c   Lucchini, Sacha ^a   Lappin Scott, Hilary M ^b   Hinton, Jay C D ^a,e  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Starcross Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; INDOLE; PROTEIN TRPE; SALMONELLA PATHOGENICITY ISLAND 2 PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEOME;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANKTON; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; RNA EXTRACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEOME; RNA, BACTERIAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 74549123301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-599     Document Type: Article

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