A glutamate-dependent acid resistance gene in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3978-3981

  Hersh, Bradley M ^a,b   Farooq, Farees T ^a   Barstad, Danielle N ^a   Blankenhorn, Darcy L ^a   Slonczewski, Joan L ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ACIDIFICATION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LURIA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0029933664     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3978-3981.1996     Document Type: Article

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