dGTP Starvation in Escherichia coli Provides New Insights into the Thymineless-Death Phenomenon

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Itsko, Mark ^a   Schaaper, Roel M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BACTERIAL DNA; DYNAMIN; GUANINE SALVAGE ENZYME GUANINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYPOXANTHINE; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DEOXYGUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; DEOXYGUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUANINE SALVAGE ENZYME GUANINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; STARVATION; THYMINELESS DEATH; UPREGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA REPAIR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

DEOXYGUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); THYMINE;

EID: 84901625708     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004310     Document Type: Article

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