Transcriptomic and functional analysis of NaCl-induced stress in Enterococcus faecalis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Solheim, Margrete ^a   La Rosa, Sabina Leanti ^a   Mathisen, Thomas ^a   Snipen, Lars G ^a   Nes, Ingolf F ^a   Brede, Dag Anders ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETAINE; CHAPERONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GELATINASE; PHEROMONE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN EPA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTINOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RHAMNOSE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFECT; EPAB GENE; EPAE GENE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GELE GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SCREENING; MSCL GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALT STRESS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL WALL; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CYTOPROTECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHAMNOSE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84899701582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094571     Document Type: Article

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