Transcriptional portrait of actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae during acute disease - potential strategies for survival and persistence in the host

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Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Klitgaard, Kirstine ^a   Friis, Carsten ^a   Jensen, Tim K ^a   Angen, Øystein ^a   Boye, Mette ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4ALPHA GLUCANOTRANSFERASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; DIACYLGLYCEROL KINASE; DICARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE; GLUCOSAMINE PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROGENASE; LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN A; NICKEL IRON HYDROGENASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 2 EPIMERASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PORCINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIALYLATION; STRESS;

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CELL WALL; EXOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNE EVASION; LUNG; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 84859821649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035549     Document Type: Article

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