Growth-phase-dependent transcriptional regulation of the pcm and surE genes required for stationary-phase survival of Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3513-3520

  Li, Chuan ^a   Wu, Pei Ying ^a   Hsieh, Mingli ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Operon fusion; Protein carboxyl methyltransferase; Stationary phase survival

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030696850     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-11-3513     Document Type: Article

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