Effects on growth by changes of the balance between GreA, GreB, and DksA suggest mutual competition and functional redundancy in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 261-273

  Vinella, Daniel ^a,b,c   Potrykus, Katarzyna ^a   Murphy, Helen ^a,d   Cashel, Michael ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DKSA PROTEIN; GREA PROTEIN; GREB PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH REGULATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTATION; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PYROPHOSPHATASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84855898808     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06238-11     Document Type: Article

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