Effect of global regulators RpoS and cyclic-AMP/CRP on the catabolome and transcriptome of Escherichia coli K12 during carbon- and energy-limited growth

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Franchini, Alessandro G ^a,b,c   Ihssen, Julian ^a,b,d   Egli, Thomas ^a,b,e  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e MICROBES IN WATER GmbH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; CYCLIC AMP; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBON METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRP GENE; CYA GENE; DOWN REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RPOS GENE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METABOLISM; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84941729535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133793     Document Type: Article

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