Analysis of the effect of ppGpp on the ftsQAZ operon in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 815-823

  Navarro, Francisco ^a,b   Robin, Aline ^a   D'Ari, Richard ^a   Joseleau Petit, Danièle ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECILLINAM; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMDINOCILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OPERON; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031880655     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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