Genomic and transcriptomic studies in Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-311

  Bannantine, John P ^a   Talaat, Adel M ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Genomics; Johne's disease; Microarray; Mycobacterium paratuberculosis; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; GAMMA INTERFERON; GENOMIC DNA; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA MICROARRAY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS;

BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78650311076     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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