Regulation of indole signalling during the transition of E. coli from exponential to stationary phase

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Gaimster, Hannah ^a,b   Summers, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INDOLE; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHANASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATIONARY PHASE; SUPERNATANT; UPREGULATION; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUCOSE; INDOLES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHANASE;

EID: 84947811592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136691     Document Type: Article

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