Molecular mechanisms underlying bacterial persisters

Cell

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 539-548

  Maisonneuve, Etienne ^a   Gerdes, Kenn ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FUNGI; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84899505083     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.02.050     Document Type: Review

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