The alternative sigma factor B modulates virulence gene expression in a murine Staphylococcus aureus infection model but does not influence kidney gene expression pattern of the host

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-39

  Depke, Maren ^a   Burian, Marc ^a   Schäfer, Tina ^b   Bröker, Barbara M ^c   Ohlsen, Knut ^b   Völker, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Host response; In vivo expression pattern; Murine i.v. infection model; S. aureus; SigB; Transcriptional profiling

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; KIDNEY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 81255127326     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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