Conditional senescence in bacteria: Death of the immortals

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-23

  Nyström, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL AGING; CELL DEATH; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH DISORDER; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEFECT; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037385854     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03385.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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