Rapid evolution of citrate utilization by Escherichia coli by direct selection requires citT and dctA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 198, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1022-1034

  Van Hofwegen, Dustin J ^a   Hovde, Carolyn J ^a   Minnich, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; CITT PROTEIN, E COLI; CULTURE MEDIUM; DCTA PROTEIN, E COLI; DICARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE DOSAGE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; WILD TYPE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CITRATES; CULTURE MEDIA; DICARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84961164027     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00831-15     Document Type: Article

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