Osmolytes contribute to pH homeostasis of Escherichia coli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Kitko, Ryan D ^a   Wilks, Jessica C ^a   Garduque, Gian M ^a   Slonczewski, Joan L ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; KDP PROTEIN; KUP PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM PUMP; PROLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; TRK PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; STEADY STATE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; OSMOSIS; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OSMOSIS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 77956311483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010078     Document Type: Article

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