Growth rate toxicity phenotypes and homeostatic supercoil control differentiate Escherichia coli from Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5839-5849

  Champion, Keith ^a   Higgins, N Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b KAUL 524 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA GYRASE; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 34547817672     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00083-07     Document Type: Article

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