Global transcriptional analysis of Burkholderia pseudomallei high and low biofilm producers reveals insights into biofilm production and virulence

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chin, Chui Yoke ^a,e   Hara, Yuka ^a,c,f   Ghazali, Ahmad Kamal ^b   Yap, Soon Joo ^b   Kong, Cin ^a   Wong, Yee Chin ^a   Rozali, Naufal ^a   Koh, Seng Fook ^d   Hoh, Chee Choong ^b   Puthucheary, Savithri D ^d,g   Nathan, Sheila ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Codon Genomics SB ^*  (Malaysia)

^c MALAYSIA GENOME INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INTI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^g DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

B. pseudomallei; Biofilm; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM PRODUCTION; BIOGENESIS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DENITRIFICATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MELIOIDOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; QUORUM SENSING; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOFILM; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CELL WALL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MELIOIDOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84934986937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1692-0     Document Type: Article

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