Polyamines are critical for the induction of the glutamate decarboxylase-dependent acid resistance system in Escherichia coli

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 33559-33570

  Chattopadhyay, Manas K ^a   Tabor, Herbert ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ENVIRONMENT; ACID SURVIVAL; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; DECARBOXYLASES; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; REGULATORY GENES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANALYSIS;

ACID RESISTANCE; AMINES; BIOCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ACID; ANTIPORTER; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DEPENDENT ACID RESISTANCE; GLUTAMATE GAMMA AMINOBUTYRATE ANTIPORTER; POLYAMINE; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GADA GENE; GADB GENE; GADE GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RPOS GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA; CYCLIC AMP (CAMP); DECARBOXYLASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTAMATE; MICROARRAY; POLYAMINES; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOGENIC POLYAMINES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84888371283     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.510552     Document Type: Article

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