Accumulation of the enterobacterial common antigen lipid II biosynthetic intermediate stimulates degP transcription in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 5875-5884

  Danese, Paul N ^a,c   Oliver, George R ^a,d   Barr, Kathleen ^b   Bowman, Gregory D ^a   Rick, Paul D ^b   Silhavy, Thomas J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BILE SALT; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GLYCOLIPID; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT SHOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

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

EID: 0031765192     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.22.5875-5884.1998     Document Type: Article

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