Global adaptations resulting from high population densities in Escherichia coli cultures

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 4158-4164

  Liu, Xueqiao ^a   Ng, Christina ^a   Ferenci, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN; SIGMA FACTOR; TREHALOSE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PERMEABILITY; PORINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 0033926917     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.15.4158-4164.2000     Document Type: Article

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