(P)ppGpp modulates cell size and the initiation of DNA replication in Caulobacter crescentus in response to a block in lipid biosynthesis

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 553-564

  Stott, Kristina V ^a   Wood, Shannon M ^a   Blair, Jimmy A ^b   Nguyen, Bao T ^a   Herrera, Anabel ^a   Perez Mora, Yannet G ^a   Cuajungco, Math P ^c,d   Murray, Sean R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN FABH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; GUANOSINE 5'-DIPHOSPHATE-3'-MONOPHOSPHATE; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTRA GENE; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; LIPIDS;

EID: 84923544577     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000032     Document Type: Article

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