Internal pH crisis, lysine decarboxylase and the acid tolerance response of Salmonella typhimurium

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 605-611

  Park, Yong Keun ^a   Bearson, Bradley ^b   Bang, Seong Ho ^a   Bang, Iel Soo ^a   Foster, John W ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0029897729     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.5441070.x     Document Type: Article

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