EF4 knockout E. coli cells exhibit lower levels of cellular biosynthesis under acidic stress

Protein and Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 563-567

  Yang, Fang ^a,b   Li, Zhikai ^a   Hao, Jia ^a   Qin, Yan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR EF4; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; RIBOSE BINDING PROTEIN; ROD SHAPE DETERMINING PROTEIN; SERINE AMMONIA LYASE; TRNA MODIFYING PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE SUBUNIT BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR; LEPA PROTEIN, E COLI;

ACIDITY; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; TEMPERATURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; POLYRIBOSOMES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904203398     PISSN: 1674800X     EISSN: 16748018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13238-014-0050-3     Document Type: Letter

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