Coordinating bacterial cell division with nutrient availability: A role for glycolysis

mBio

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Monahan, Leigh G ^a   Hajduk, Isabella V ^a   Blaber, Sinead P ^b   Charles, Ian G ^a   Harry, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CARBON; EZRA PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE E1ALPHA SUBUNIT; PYRUVATE KINASE; PYRUVIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARBON METABOLISM; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GLYCOLYSIS; GROWTH RATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRUVATE KINASE GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GLYCOLYSIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE (LIPOAMIDE); PYRUVATE KINASE; PYRUVIC ACID; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904012197     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00935-14     Document Type: Article

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