Cell Death in Escherichia coli dnaE(Ts) Mutants Incubated at a Nonpermissive Temperature Is Prevented by Mutation in the cydA Gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2147-2155

  Strauss, Bernard ^a   Kelly, Kemba ^a   Dincman, Toros ^a   Ekiert, Damian ^a   Biesieda, Theresa ^a   Song, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GLUCOSE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA CONTENT; DNA SYNTHESIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOCHROMES; DNA POLYMERASE III; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN COMPLEX PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TEMPERATURE;

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

EID: 1642383442     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.7.2147-2155.2004     Document Type: Article

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