Overexpression of the cgtA (yhbZ, obgE) gene, coding for an essential GTP-binding protein, impairs the regulation of chromosomal functions in Escherichia coli

Current Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 440-445

  Dutkiewicz, Rafal ^a   Slomińska, Monika ^b   Wȩgrzyn, Grzegorz ^b,c   Czyz, Agata ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CGTA PROTEIN; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CGTA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MONOMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; OBGE PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL SIZE; CGTA GENE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA SYNTHESIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; DNA REPLICATION; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0036884777     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3713-x     Document Type: Article

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