Understanding the host-adapted state of Citrobacter rodentium by transcriptomic analysis

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 353-362

  Smith, Allen D ^a   Yan, Xianghe ^b   Chen, Celine ^a   Dawson, Harry D ^a   Bhagwat, Arvind A ^b  

^a BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attaching effacing pathogens; Enteropathogens; Host adaptation; RNA seq analysis

Indexed keywords

EAE PROTEIN; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBONUCLEASE E; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA HELICASE; RNA POLYMERASE; TIR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYADENYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIBOSOME; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84963776493     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-016-1191-y     Document Type: Article

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