Inorganic polyphosphate supports resistance and survival of stationary-phase Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1394-1400

  Rao, Narayana N ^a   Kornberg, Arthur ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT; MUTATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYPHOSPHATES; SIGMA FACTOR; THYMIDINE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029911577     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.5.1394-1400.1996     Document Type: Article

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