Escherichia coli lacking RpoS are rare in natural populations of non-pathogens

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1341-1344

  Snyder, Emily ^a,c   Gordon, David M ^b   Stoebel, Daniel M ^a,b  

^a HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor; Genetics; Population; SPANC; Transcription; Variation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; POPULATION; SIGMA FACTOR; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84883169159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.112.003855     Document Type: Article

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