A Theoretical Interpretation of the Transient Sialic Acid Toxicity of a nanR Mutant of Escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 375, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 875-889

  Chu, Dominique ^a   Roobol, Jo ^a   Blomfield, Ian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; GlcNAc 6P toxicity; N Acetylneuraminic acid

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; SIALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; INOCULATION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 37349076556     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.10.073     Document Type: Article

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