Evolved osmotolerant escherichia coli mutants frequently exhibit defective N-acetylglucosamine catabolism and point mutations in cell shape-regulating protein MreB

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3729-3740

  Winkler, James D ^a   Garcia, Carlos ^a,b   Olson, Michelle ^a   Callaway, Emily ^a,c   Kao, Katy C ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROTEINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION;

BIOFILM FORMATION; EPISTATIC INTERACTIONS; INDUSTRIAL STRAIN; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OSMOPROTECTANTS; PARENTAL STRAINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE (NACL); TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANALYSIS;

OSMOSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN, E COLI; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POINT MUTATION;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POINT MUTATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84901358601     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00499-14     Document Type: Article

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