Control of rRNA synthesis in Escherichia coli: A systems biology approach

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 639-668

  Dennis, Patrick P ^a   Ehrenberg, Mans ^b   Bremer, Hans ^c  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE II; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' TRIPHOSPHATE; PURINE P2 RECEPTOR; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; STEADY STATE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RRNA OPERON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 10344265937     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.68.4.639-668.2004     Document Type: Review

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