Growth rate regulation in Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 269-287

  Jin, Ding Jun ^a   Cagliero, Cedric ^a   Zhou, Yan Ning ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth rate regulation; Nucleolus like structure; PpGpp; RNA polymerase distribution; RRNA synthesis; Transcription factories

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; DKSA PROTEIN; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; LRP PROTEIN; POLYPHOSPHATE; PPGPP PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84856717270     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00279.x     Document Type: Review

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