Disrupted ompC Causes Osmosis Sensitivity of Escherichia coli in Alkaline Medium

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1131-1138

  Wang, Yuqi ^a   Wang, Lingling ^a   Sun, Yirong ^a   Chen, Yicai ^a   Zhu, Lei ^a   Guo, Lixia ^a   Luo, Biao ^a   Wang, Haihong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

alkaline; ompC; osmolarity; pH

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN C;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NITROSOGUANIDINES; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLASMIDS; PORINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 37249012820     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1673-8527(07)60129-5     Document Type: Article

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