Direct observation of single stationary-phase bacteria reveals a surprisingly long period of constant protein production activity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 556-561

  Gefen, Orit ^a   Fridman, Ofer ^a   Ronin, Irine ^a   Balaban, Nathalie Q ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacterial metabolism; CASP; Constant activity stationary phase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM; CARBON SOURCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; MICROFLUIDICS; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE STATIONARY PHASE BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CASP; CONSTANT ACTIVITY STATIONARY PHASE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891917327     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1314114111     Document Type: Article

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