The stationary-phase morphogene bolA from Escherichia coli is induced by stress during early stages of growth

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 789-798

  Santos, Jorge M ^a   Freire, Patrick ^a   Vicente, Miguel ^b   Arraiano, Cecilia M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MESSENGER RNA; MORPHOGEN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 0033009562     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01397.x     Document Type: Article

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