DksA is required for growth phase-dependent regulation, growth rate-dependent control, and stringent control of fis expression in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 5775-5782

  Mallik, Prabhat ^a   Paul, Brian J ^b,c   Rutherford, Steven T ^b   Gourse, Richard L ^b   Osuna, Robert ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE DERIVATIVE; PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DKSA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DKSA PROTEIN, E COLI; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FIS PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; HALF LIFE TIME; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; STRINGENT CONTROL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33748662456     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00276-06     Document Type: Article

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