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Growth dependent expression of s. aureus mssa476

ABSTRACT: Survival and pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus in the host requires the ability to respond to changes. Therefore, tight regulation of gene expression via various regulators is essential. Also, the organization of genes in operons is of influence on the regulation of gene expression. Knowledge of gene expression under different conditions and the ability to accurately predict operons are important steps towards understanding the transcriptional regulation, function and pathogenesis. A whole genome Agilent microarray was developed for the highly virulent, community-acquired MSSA476.During standard growth in a defined medium, we were able to determine four basic gene expression patterns of S. aureus for both virulence and non-virulence genes. In addition, we predicted operon structures by calculating Pearson correlation coefficients of the transcriptional profiles for all adjacent probes over all time points and replicas. In this study, we have set a basis for the knowledge on gene expression of MSSA476 during growth. Moreover, the correlation of time-dependent transcriptional profiles of adjacent probes seems to be a promising approach to predict operon structures. Five separate cultures of S. aureus mssa476 were grown. Of each replicate culture, samples were taken at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 h post inoculation (p.i.). In total, this amounts to 35 samples (7 time points in 5 replicates).

ORGANISM(S): Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus MSSA476

SUBMITTER: Timo Breit

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-16488 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Operon structure of Staphylococcus aureus.

ten Broeke-Smits Nicole J P NJ Pronk Tessa E TE Jongerius Ilse I Bruning Oskar O Wittink Floyd R FR Breit Timo M TM van Strijp Jos A G JA Fluit Ad C AC Boel C H Edwin CH

Nucleic acids research 20100211 10

In bacteria, gene regulation is one of the fundamental characteristics of survival, colonization and pathogenesis. Operons play a key role in regulating expression of diverse genes involved in metabolism and virulence. However, operon structures in pathogenic bacteria have been determined only by in silico approaches that are dependent on factors such as intergenic distances and terminator/promoter sequences. Knowledge of operon structures is crucial to fully understand the pathophysiology of in ...[more]

PMID: 20150412

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Growth dependent expression of s. aureus mssa476

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Operon structure of Staphylococcus aureus.

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