The constancy of global regulation across a species: The concentrations of ppGpp and RpoS are strain-specific in Escherichia coli

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ferenci, Thomas ^b   Galbiati, Heloisa Filus ^a   Betteridge, Thu ^b   Phan, Katherine ^b   Spira, Beny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PPGPP; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPOT GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 79953122659     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-62     Document Type: Article

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