Anticipating an alkaline stress through the Tor phosphorelay system in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 211-223

  Bordi, Christophe ^a   Théraulaz, Laurence ^a   Méjean, Vincent ^a   Jourlin Castelli, Cécile ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN HDEA; PROTEIN HDEB; PROTEIN TORR; PROTEIN TORS; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; TRYPTOPHANASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRESS;

ALKALIES; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPTOPHANASE;

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

EID: 0037385842     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03428.x     Document Type: Article

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