DNA Microarray Analysis of the Heat Shock Transcriptome of the Obligate Intracytoplasmic Pathogen Rickettsia prowazekii

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Audia, Jonathon P. [1 ]
Patton, Mary C. [1 ]
Winkler, Herbert H. [1 ]
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[1] Univ S Alabama, Coll Med, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Mol Biol Lab, Mobile, AL 36688 USA
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10.1128/AEM.00896-08
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
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Here we present the first oligonucleotide DNA microarray analysis of global gene expression changes in the obligate intracytoplasmic pathogen Rickettsia prowazekii using temperature upshift as a model stress condition, and we describe a methodology for isolating highly purified rickettsial RNA. In toto, 23 transcripts were significantly increased by temperature upshift (>= 2.0-fold; P < 0.05), and no transcripts demonstrated reproducible decreases. Array results for three heat shock-inducible mRNAs were confirmed using quantitative reverse transcription-PCR.
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