Modulation of hexa-acyl pyrophosphate lipid A population under Escherichia coli phosphate (Pho) regulon activation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 5256-5264

  Lamarche, Martin G ^a   Kim, Sang Hyun ^b,c   Crépin, Sébastien ^a   Mourez, Michael ^a   Bertrand, Nicolas ^a   Bishop, Russell E ^b   Dubreuil, J Daniel ^a   Harel, Josée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPID A; PHOSPHATE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN PHOB; PROTEIN PHOR; PYROPHOSPHATE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LPXT GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PST GENE; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DIPHOSPHATES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; LIPID A; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REGULON; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 48149087593     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01536-07     Document Type: Article

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