Mutations that activate the silent bgl operon of Escherichia coli confer a growth advantage in stationary phase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 7912-7917

  Madan, Ranjna ^a   Kolter, Roberto ^b   Mahadevan, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBUTIN; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOSIDE; SALICIN; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BGL OPERON; CATABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE;

ALLELES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OPERON; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 28044468363     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.23.7912-7917.2005     Document Type: Article

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