Identification of conserved, RpoS-dependent stationary-phase genes of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 6283-6291

  Schellhorn, Herb E ^a   Audia, Jonathon P ^a   Wei, Linda I C ^a   Chang, Lily ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031756183     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.23.6283-6291.1998     Document Type: Article

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