Control of ftsZ expression, cell division, and glutamine metabolism in Luria-Bertani medium by the alarmone ppGpp in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1053-1062

  Powell, Bradford S ^a,b   Court, Donald L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 0031885641     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.5.1053-1062.1998     Document Type: Article

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