The σ(s) level in starving Escherichia coli cells increases solely as a result of its increased stability, despite decreased synthesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 643-651

  Zgurskaya, H I ^a   Keyhan, M ^a   Matin, A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEMOSTAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030969010     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3961742.x     Document Type: Article

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