Staphylococcus aureus Transcriptome Architecture: From Laboratory to Infection-Mimicking Conditions

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Mäder, Ulrike ^a   Nicolas, Pierre ^b   Depke, Maren ^a   Pané Farré, Jan ^c   Debarbouille, Michel ^d   van der Kooi Pol, Magdalena M ^e   Guérin, Cyprien ^b   Dérozier, Sandra ^b   Hiron, Aurelia ^d   Jarmer, Hanne ^f   Leduc, Aurélie ^b   Michalik, Stephan ^a   Reilman, Ewoud ^e   Schaffer, Marc ^a   Schmidt, Frank ^a   Bessières, Philippe ^b   Noirot, Philippe ^g   Hecker, Michael ^c   Msadek, Tarek ^d   Völker, Uwe ^a   van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; LINEZOLID; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA FACTOR SIGA; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA FACTOR SIGB; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; VANCOMYCIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACCURACY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CLASSIFICATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC SELECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NEGATIVE SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REGULON; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BINDING SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ADAPTATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84964827456     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005962     Document Type: Article

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