Stabilization of Homoserine-o-succinyltransferase (MetA) decreases the frequency of persisters in Escherichia coli under stressful conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Mordukhova, Elena A ^a   Pan, Jae Gu ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE SUCCINYLTRANSFERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HOMOSERINE; META PROTEIN, E COLI; METHIONINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; META GENE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HOMOSERINE; HOMOSERINE O-SUCCINYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84908150220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110504     Document Type: Article

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