BMC Microbiology

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Global transcriptional response to mammalian temperature provides new insight into Francisella tularensis pathogenesis

Joseph Horzempa1, Paul E Carlson1, Dawn M O'Dee1, Robert MQ Shanks1,2 and Gerard J Nau1,3,4*

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1 Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA

2 Charles T. Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh Eye Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

3 Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA

4 Center for Vaccine Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA

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BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:172 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-8-172

Published: 8 October 2008

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Table S1. This table shows a list of F. tularensis LVS genes significantly induced at 37°C.

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Table S2. This table displays a list of F. tularensis LVS genes significantly down-regulated at 37°C.

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