RcsB is required for inducible acid resistance in Escherichia coli and acts at gadE-dependent and -independent promoters

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3653-3656

  Johnson, Matthew D ^a   Burton, Neil A ^a,b   Gutiérrez, Bernardo ^a,c   Painter, Kimberley ^a   Lund, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CASAMINO ACID; EVGA PROTEIN; GADA PROTEIN; GADB PROTEIN; GADE PROTEIN; GADW PROTEIN; GADX PROTEIN; GADY PROTEIN; HDEA PROTEIN; HDED PROTEIN; MGTA PROTEIN; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; RCSB PROTEIN; SAFA PROTEIN; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YDEP PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 79960320152     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05040-11     Document Type: Article

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