The SIGNAL experiment in BIORACK: Escherichia coli in microgravity

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 89-97

  Thévenet, Danielle ^a   D'Ari, Richard ^a   Bouloc, Philippe ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; microgravity; motility; osmotic shock; signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; FLUIDS; GENES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MEMBRANES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE TENSION;

BIORACK; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOTILITY; NON MOTILE CULTURE; OSMOTIC SHOCK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPACE;

EID: 0030603765     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1656(96)01384-3     Document Type: Article

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