Characterization of the ssnA gene, which is involved in the decline of cell viability at the beginning of stationary phase in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1838-1846

  Yamada, Mamoru ^a   Talukder, Ali Azam ^a,b   Nitta, Takeshi ^a,c  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033027057     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.6.1838-1846.1999     Document Type: Article

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