Metabolic aspects of bacterial persisters

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Prax, Marcel ^a   Bertram, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Metabolism; Persisters; ppGpp; Staphylococcus aureus; Toxin antitoxin system

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; CYCLIC AMP; DAPTOMYCIN; GLUTAMATE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL METABOLISM; CELLULAR STRESS SIGNAL; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; KWASHIORKOR; METABOLIC STRESS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PERSISTER CELL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84907817912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00148     Document Type: Short Survey

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