Identical, independent, and opposing roles of ppGpp and DksA in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 5193-5202

  Magnusson, Lisa U ^a   Gummesson, Bertil ^a   Joksimović, Predrag ^a   Farewell, Anne ^a   Nyström, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PORTEIN DKSA; PROTEIN PPGPP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34447540221     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00330-07     Document Type: Article

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