Control of acid resistance in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3525-3535

  Castanie Cornet, Marie Pierre ^a   Penfound, Thomas A ^a,c   Smith, Dean ^b,d   Elliott, John F ^b   Foster, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ANTIPORTER; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; CYCLIC AMP; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; SIGMA FACTOR;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ADIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LURIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033000806     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.11.3525-3535.1999     Document Type: Article

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