Mechanisms of acid resistance in escherichia coli

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-81

  Kanjee, Usheer ^a,b   Houry, Walid A ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amino acid decarboxylase; Amino acid transporter; PH homeostasis; PpGpp; Stringent response

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; CHAPERONE; LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ACIDITY; ADAPTATION; ALKALINIZATION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DECARBOXYLATION; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

ACIDS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTIPORTERS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS;

EID: 84884527530     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: 15453251     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-092412-155708     Document Type: Article

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