Sulfur and nitrogen limitation in Escherichia coli K-12: Specific homeostatic responses

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1074-1090

  Gyaneshwar, Prasad ^a,d   Paliy, Oleg ^a,e   McAuliffe, Jon ^b   Popham, David L ^c   Jordan, Michael I ^b   Kustu, Sydney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CBL PROTEIN; DEXTRO ALANINE DEXTRO ALANINE LIGASE; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; NITROGEN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SULFUR; TRIPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CROSS LINKING; DNA MICROARRAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SYNTHESIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, GENETIC; NITROGEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 13244265501     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.3.1074-1090.2005     Document Type: Article

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