The entericidin locus of Escherichia coli and its implications for programmed bacterial cell death

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 583-596

  Bishop, Russell E ^a   Leskiw, Brenda K ^a   Hodges, Robert S ^a   Kay, Cyril M ^a   Weiner, Joel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Lipoproteins; Osmoregulation; Programmed cell death; Stationary phase

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; LIPOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032563108     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1894     Document Type: Article

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