In silico comparison of Yersinia pestis and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis transcriptomes reveals a higher expression level of crucial virulence determinants in the plague bacillus

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-116

  Chauvaux, Sylvie ^a   Dillies, Marie Agnès ^a   Marceau, Michaël ^b   Rosso, Marie Laure ^b   Rousseau, Sandrine ^a   Moszer, Ivan ^a   Simonet, Michel ^b   Carniel, Elisabeth ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM U1019   (France)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Clustering analysis; Comparative transcriptomics; Macroarray; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLAGUE; ROVA GENE; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78751584742     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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