Low temperature (23 °C) increases expression of biofilm-, cold-shock- and RpoS-dependent genes in Escherichia coli K-12

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 148-166

  White Ziegler, Christine A ^a   Um, Suzin ^a   Pérez, Natalie M ^a   Berns, Abby L ^a   Malhowski, Amy J ^a   Young, Sarah ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; AMYLASE; AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN Z; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE A; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE B; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE C; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; MESSENGER RNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN C; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN X; PERMEASE; PROLINE PERMEASE II; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; TRANSKETOLASE; TRANSKETOLASE B; TRANSLADOLASE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; COLD; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGMA FACTOR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 38849204855     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/012021-0     Document Type: Article

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