Stationary phase in gram-negative bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 476-495

  Navarro Llorens, Juana María ^a   Tormo, Antonio ^a   Martínez García, Esteban ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Growth advantage in stationary phase (GASP); RpoS; Starvation; Stationary phase; Stress induced mutations

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CELL CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 77953206924     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2010.00213.x     Document Type: Review

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