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Global transcriptional response to mammalian temperature provides new insight into Francisella tularensis pathogenesis.
BMC microbiology - 8 Oct 2008
Horzempa Joseph, Carlson Paul E, O'Dee Dawn M, Shanks Robert M Q, Nau Gerard J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: After infecting a mammalian host, the facultative intracellular bacterium, Francisella tularensis, encounters an elevated environmental temperature. We hypothesized that this temperature change may regulate genes essential for infection. RESULTS: Microarray analysis of F. tularensis LVS shifted from 26 degrees C (environmental) to 37 degrees C (mammalian) showed approximately 11% of this bacterium's...
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