How many initiator tRNA genes does Escherichia coli need?

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 2607-2615

  Samhita, Laasya ^a   Nanjundiah, Vidyanand ^a,b   Varshneya, Umesh ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROL; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON SOURCE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE GENE; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FITNESS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH RATE; METY GENE; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSFER RNA GENE; WILD TYPE;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 84903388410     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01620-14     Document Type: Article

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