Functional genomics of intracellular bacteria

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 341-353

  De Barsy, Marie ^a   Greub, Gilbert ^b  

^a IMUL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brucella; Chlamydia; Functional genomics; Intracellular bacteria; Legionella; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; HISTONE; KASUGAMYCIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; SPECTINOMYCIN; UNTRANSLATED RNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIOINFORMATICS; BRUCELLA; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EXPRESSION VECTOR; EYE INFECTION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GLYCOLYSIS; GROWTH CURVE; HELA CELL; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LYSOSOME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MUTAGENESIS; NATURAL HOST; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOSOME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEOMICS; QUORUM SENSING; REPORTER GENE; RESTRICTION SITE; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SECRETORY PATHWAY; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TONOPLAST; TYPE I SECRETION SYSTEM; TYPE II SECRETION SYSTEM; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; VERO CELL; WILD TYPE;

BRUCELLA; CHLAMYDIA; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIA; LEGIONELLA; PROTEOMICS;

BACTERIA; BRUCELLA; CHLAMYDIA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; LEGIONELLA; PROTEOMICS;

EID: 84882941764     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elt012     Document Type: Article

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