Ectopic overexpression of wild-type and mutant hipA genes in Escherichia coli: Effects on macromolecular synthesis and persister formation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3826-3836

  Korch, Shaleen B ^a   Hill, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM PERSISTENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; EPIGENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HIPA GENE; HIPB GENE; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

ARABINOSE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; KINETICS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33744729683     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01740-05     Document Type: Article

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