The stringent response is required for Helicobacter pylori survival of stationary phase, exposure to acid, and aerobic shock

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 5494-5500

  Mouery, Kyle ^a   Rader, Bethany A ^a   Gaynor, Erin C ^b   Guillemin, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; GUANOSINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROLASE; PPGPP SYNTHETASE; PROTEIN SPOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GROWTH RETARDATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOT GENE; STARVATION; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACIDS; AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HYDROLASES; LIGASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 33746611618     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00366-06     Document Type: Article

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