Regulation of cell size in response to nutrient availability by fatty acid biosynthesis in Escherichia coli

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 38, 2012, Pages

  Yao, Zhizhong ^a,b   Davis, Rebecca M ^c   Kishony, Roy ^b   Kahne, Daniel ^a,b   Ruiz, Natividad ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AccD inner membrane; Lipopolysaccharide; Outer membrane; SpoT

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ALLELES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX, TYPE II; FATTY ACIDS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PYROPHOSPHATASES; TIME FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84866530087     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1209742109     Document Type: Article

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