Quantification of global transcription patterns in prokaryotes using spotted microarrays

Ben Sidders¹ , Mike Withers¹ , Sharon L Kendall¹ , Joanna Bacon³ , Simon J Waddell⁴ , Jason Hinds⁴ , Paul Golby⁵ , Farahnaz Movahedzadeh^1,6 , Robert A Cox⁷ , Rosangela Frita¹ , Annemieke MC ten Bokum⁸ , Lorenz Wernisch² and Neil G Stoker¹

¹Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, Royal College Street, London, NW1 0TU, UK

²School of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, London, WC1E 7HX, UK

³TB Research, CEPR, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, SP4 0JG, UK

⁴Medical Microbiology, Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, St George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, London, SW17 0RE, UK

⁵Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK

⁶Institute for Tuberculosis Research College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60612-7231, USA

⁷Division of Mycobacterial Research, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, NW7 1AA, UK

⁸Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK