Importance of RpoS and Dps in survival of exposure of both exponential- and stationary-phase Escherichia coli cells to the electrophile N- ethylmaleimide

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1030-1036

  Ferguson, G P ^a   Creighton, R I ^a   Nikolaev, Y ^a   Booth, I R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031885522     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.5.1030-1036.1998     Document Type: Article

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