Conditional essentiality of the csrA gene in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1722-1724

  Timmermans, Johan ^a   Van Melderen, Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLYCOLYTIC ENZYME; PYRUVIC ACID; CSRA PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBON SOURCE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CSRA GENE; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; GLYCOLYSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; GLYCOLYSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 62649103362     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01573-08     Document Type: Article

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