Experimental determination and system level analysis of essential genes in Escherichia coli MG1655

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 5673-5684

  Gerdes, S Y ^a   Scholle, M D ^a   Campbell, J W ^a   Balazsi G ^b   Ravasz, E ^c   Daugherty, M D ^a   Somera, A L ^b   Kyrpides, N C ^a   Anderson, I ^a   Gelfand, M S ^a   Bhattacharya, A ^a   Kapatral, V ^a   D'Souza, M ^a   Baev, M V ^a   Grechkin, Y ^a   Mseeh, F ^a   Fonstein, M Y ^a   Overbeek, R ^a   Barabasi A L ^c   Oltvai, Z N ^b   Osterman, A L ^a,d   more..

^a Integrated Genomics Inc   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROBIOSIS; AMINO ACIDS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHYLOGENY;

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

EID: 0141504252     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.19.5673-5684.2003     Document Type: Article

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