Constitutive activation of the Escherichia coli Pho regulon upregulates rpoS translation in an Hfq-dependent fashion

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 5984-5992

  Ruiz, Natividad ^a   Silhavy, Thomas J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; PHOSPHATE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; RPOS GENE; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; MUTATION; PHOSPHATES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0141995016     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.20.5984-5992.2003     Document Type: Article

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