Single-cell protein induction dynamics reveals a period of vulnerability to antibiotics in persister bacteria

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 6145-6149

  Gefen, Orit ^a   Gabay, Chana ^a   Mumcuoglu, Michael ^a   Engel, Giora ^a   Balaban, Nathalie Q ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Microfluidics; Nongenetic individuality; Persistence; Synthetic gene induction

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANCER CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL VIABILITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; GENE INDUCTION; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STARVATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 43149116340     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711712105     Document Type: Article

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