Characterization of Caulobacter crescentus response to low temperature and identification of genes involved in freezing resistance

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-185

  Mazzon, Ricardo R ^c   Lang, Elza A S ^b,c   Braz, Vânia S ^c   Marques, Marilis V ^a,c  

^a Albert Einstein College of Medicine ^*  (Brazil)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caulobacter crescentus; Cryotolerance; Freezing survival

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; RNA HELICASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; FREEZING TOLERANCE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; COLD TEMPERATURE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA HELICASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MUTATION; RNA HELICASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 53849102220     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01337.x     Document Type: Article

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