Divergence involving global regulatory gene mutations in an Escherichia coli population evolving under phosphate limitation

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 478-487

  Wang, Lei ^a   Spira, Beny ^c,d   Zhou, Zhemin ^a,b   Feng, Lu ^a   Maharjan, Ram P ^d   Li, Xiaomin ^a,b   Li, Fangfang ^a,b   McKenzie, Christopher ^d   Reeves, Peter R ^d   Ferenci, Thomas ^d  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Research Center for Functional Genomics and Biochip   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli genomics; Experimental evolution; Stress responses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE 3',5' BIS(DIPHOSPHATE) 3' PYROPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE-3',5'-BIS(DIPHOSPHATE) 3'-PYROPHOSPHATASE; HFQ PROTEIN, E COLI; HOST FACTOR 1; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATE; PROTEOME; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHATES; PROTEOME; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SIGMA FACTOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77958493094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evq035     Document Type: Article

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