Continuous control in bacterial regulatory circuits

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 7618-7625

  Batchelor, Eric ^a   Silhavy, Thomas J ^b   Goulian, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PORINS; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 7744235343     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.22.7618-7625.2004     Document Type: Article

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