Altered stationary-phase response in a Borrelia burgdorferi rpoS mutant

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2909-2918

  Elias, Abdallah F ^a   Bono, James L ^a   Carroll, James A ^a   Stewart, Philip ^a   Tilly, Kit ^a   Rosa, Patricia ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); SIGMA FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH CURVE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS; OSMOSIS; SIGMA FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034060506     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.10.2909-2918.2000     Document Type: Article

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