Similar and divergent effects of ppGpp and DksA deficiencies on transcription in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3226-3236

  Åberg, Anna ^a   Fernández Vázquez, Jorge ^b   Cabrer Panes, Juan David ^b   Sánchez, Alex ^b   Balsalobre, Carlos ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' TRIPHOSPHATE; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE BINDING PROTEIN DKSA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GRE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DKSA PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SYNTHESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; MODELS, GENETIC; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 65549155326     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01410-08     Document Type: Article

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