Effect of Simulated Microgravity on E. coli K12 MG1655 Growth and Gene Expression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Arunasri, Kotakonda ^a   Adil, Mohammed ^a   Venu Charan, Katari ^a   Suvro, Chatterjee ^b   Himabindu Reddy, Seerapu ^b   Shivaji, Sisinthy ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; EXBB PROTEIN; GLYCEROL; NUCLEIC ACID; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN C; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ACTP GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYSW GENE; DNA REPLICATION; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXBB GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; IDCC GENE; MGTA GENE; MICROGRAVITY; NIKB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPC GENE; PTSA GENE; RHAD GENE; RHAS GENE; SIMULATION; SSRA GENE; STRESS; SUFE GENE; UPREGULATION; DNA MICROARRAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCEROL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 84874593121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057860     Document Type: Article

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