The glutamate-dependent acid resistance system of Escherichia coli and Shigella flexneri is inhibited in vitro by L-trans-pyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-125

  Waterman, Scott R ^a   Small, P L C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid resistance; Escherichia coli; gadB; gadC; Glutamate decarboxylase; rpoS

Indexed keywords

2,4 PYRROLIDINEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR;

ACIDITY; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0037632515     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00427-0     Document Type: Article

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