Homocysteine thiolactone is a positive effector of σ(S) levels in Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-121

  Goodrich Blair, Heidi ^a   Kolter, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate stress; Metabolic signal; Sigma factor; Stationary phase

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTEINE THIOLACTONE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; VITAMIN B 12;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034655518     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00080-X     Document Type: Article

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