Phenotypic characterization of overexpression or deletion of the Escherichia coli crcA, cspE and crcB genes

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2107-2117

  Sand, Olivier ^a,c   Gingras, Monica ^a   Beck, Nancy ^a,d   Hall, Christine ^a,e   Trun, Nancy ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPHOR; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; NALIDIXIC ACID;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; WILD TYPE;

DRYOBALANOPS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0042925627     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26363-0     Document Type: Review

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