Characterization of the hipA7 allele of Escherichia coli and evidence that high persistence is governed by (p)ppGpp synthesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1199-1213

  Korch, Shaleen B ^a   Henderson, Thomas A ^a   Hill, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL DENSITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HIPA7 GENE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

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

EID: 0344826574     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03779.x     Document Type: Article

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