Analysis of Mycobacterium leprae gene expression using DNA microarray

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 181-185

  Akama, Takeshi ^a   Tanigawa, Kazunari ^a   Kawashima, Akira ^a   Wu, Huhehasi ^a   Ishii, Norihisa ^a   Suzuki, Koichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA microarray; Leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae; Operon

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIOCIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450; DRUG METABOLIZING ENZYME; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; INITIATION FACTOR 3; LYASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; NUDE RAT; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOOT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RATS; RATS, NUDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; RATTUS;

EID: 77955278259     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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