Hipa-triggered growth arrest and β-lactam tolerance in escherichia coli are mediated by RelA-dependent ppGpp synthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 3173-3182

  Bokinsky, Gregory ^a,b   Baidoo, Edward E K ^a,b   Akella, Swetha ^a,b   Burd, Helcio ^a,b   Weaver, Daniel ^a,b,d   Alonso Gutierrez, Jorge ^a,b   García Martín, Héctor ^a,b   Lee, Taek Soon ^a,b   Keasling, Jay D ^a,b,c  

^a JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBENICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; OFLOXACIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE HIPA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; LIGASES; OXYGEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HARNESS;

EID: 84880027587     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02210-12     Document Type: Article

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