Transcriptional profile of the intracellular pathogen Brucella melitensis following HeLa cells infection

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 338-344

  Rossetti, Carlos A ^a,c   Galindo, Cristi L ^b   Garner, Harold R ^b   Adams, L Garry ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogenesis; Brucella melitensis; Gene expression; Microarray

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ACRB GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZCD GENE; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FRPB GENE; FTSA GENE; FTSQ GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOTD GENE; NARG GENE; NONHUMAN; NORB GENE; NOSZ GENE; PHENOTYPE; PHOQ GENE; PPX GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION; UREA GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS;

EID: 80052450248     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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