Indole enhances acid resistance in Escherichia coli

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 90-94

  Hirakawa, Hidetada ^a   Hayashi Nishino, Mitsuko ^a   Yamaguchi, Akihito ^a   Nishino, Kunihiko ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid resistance; Escherichia coli; Indole

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE A; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE B; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE E; INDOLE; LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE; LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE A; LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE B; LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY; UPREGULATION;

ACIDS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INDOLES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; UP-REGULATION;

ADIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77954659910     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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