Role of the Escherichia coli FadR regulator in stasis survival and growth phase-dependent expression of the uspA, fad, and fab genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 6443-6450

  Farewell, Anne ^a,b   Diez, Alfredo A ^a,b   DiRusso, Concetta C ^c,d   Nyström, Thomas ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029854850     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.22.6443-6450.1996     Document Type: Article

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