Cartography of methicillin-resistant S. aureus transcripts: Detection, orientation and temporal expression during growth phase and stress conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Beaume, Marie ^a   Hernandez, David ^a   Farinelli, Laurent ^b   Deluen, Cécile ^b   Linder, Patrick ^c   Gaspin, Christine ^d   Romby, Pascale ^e   Schrenzel, Jacques ^a   Francois, Patrice ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b FASTERIS SA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFER RNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PURIFICATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VALIDATION STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956278172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010725     Document Type: Article

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