Inhibition of Escherichia coli precursor-16S rRNA processing by mouse intestinal contents

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-32

  Licht, Tine Rask ^a,b   Tolker Nielsen, Tim ^a   Holmstrøm, Kim ^c   Krogfelt, Karen Angeliki ^b   Molin, Søren ^a,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c Biotechnological Institute Denmark   (Denmark)

^d Department of Microbiology ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; RNA PRECURSOR; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CECUM; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MOUSE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CECUM; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; STREPTOMYCIN;

EID: 0033068936     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.1999.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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