Transcriptional response of Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315 sessile cells to treatments with high doses of hydrogen peroxide and sodium hypochlorite

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Peeters, Elke ^a   Sass, Andrea ^b   Mahenthiralingam, Eshwar ^b   Nelis, Hans ^a   Coenye, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RNA; RNA 6S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CELL DAMAGE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; CONFORMATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; DISINFECTANTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77649085563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-90     Document Type: Article

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