Novel Aspects of the Acid Response Network of E. coli K-12 Are Revealed by a Study of Transcriptional Dynamics

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 401, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 726-742

  Burton, Neil A ^a   Johnson, Matthew D ^a   Antczak, Philipp ^a   Robinson, Ashley ^a   Lund, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid resistance; Bacterial luciferase; Escherichia coli; Regulatory networks; Transcription dynamics

Indexed keywords

PHOP PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YDEO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION DYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 77955554335     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.06.054     Document Type: Article

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