Differential regulation by ppGpp versus pppGpp in Escherichia coli

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6175-6189

  Mechold, Undine ^a,c   Potrykus, Katarzyna ^a,d   Murphy, Helen ^a,e   Murakami, Katsuhiko S ^b   Cashel, Michael ^a  

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

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' TRIPHOSPHATE; HYBRID PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; LACZ RPOS FUSION PROTEIN; PROTEIN GPPA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOACCUMULATION; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUANOSINE PENTAPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; HYDROLASES; LIGASES; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SIGMA FACTOR; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84880248053     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt302     Document Type: Article

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