The relation between ppGpp and the PHO regulon in Escherichia coli

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 469-477

  Spira, B ^a,b   Yagil, E ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Escherichia coli; PHO regulon; ppGpp

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; PHOSPHATE-BINDING PROTEINS; PHOSPHATES; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031936775     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050671     Document Type: Article

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