Role of RNA polymerase sigma-factor (RpoS) in induction of glutamate-dependent acid-resistance of Escherichia albertii under anaerobic conditions

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 283, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-82

  Ling, Jason ^a,b,c   Sharma, Manan ^b   Bhagwat, Arvind A ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acid resistance; Enteric pathogen; Food safety; RpoS sigma factor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GLUTAMIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS;

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA ALBERTII; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOENZYMES; LIPOPROTEINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SIGMA FACTOR;

ESCHERICHIA ALBERTII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 42649132155     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01153.x     Document Type: Article

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