Growth rate related concentration changes of the starvation response regulators o(S) and ppGpp in glucose-limited fed-batch and continuous cultures of Escherichia coli

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-129

  Teich, A ^b   Meyer, S ^b   Lin, H Y ^b   Andersson, L ^a   Enfors, S O ^b   Neubauer, P ^b  

^a SBL Vaccin AB   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; MODEL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 0032984789     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp980102h     Document Type: Article

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