6S RNA function enhances long-term cell survival

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 4978-4985

  Trotochaud, Amy E ^a   Wassarman, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 3242807381     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.15.4978-4985.2004     Document Type: Article

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