Inactivation of the stress- and starvation-inducible gls24 operon has a pleiotrophic effect on cell morphology, stress sensitivity, and gene expression in Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 4512-4520

  Giard, Jean Christophe ^a   Rince, Alain ^a   Capiaux, Herve ^a   Auffray, Yanick ^a   Hartke, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; PYRUVIC ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033905692     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.16.4512-4520.2000     Document Type: Article

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