ATP-Dependent persister formation in Escherichia coli

mBio

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Shan, Yue ^a   Gandt, Autumn Brown ^a,b   Rowe, Sarah E ^a,c   Deisinger, Julia P ^a,d   Conlon, Brian P ^a,c   Lewis, Kim ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arietis Corp   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTITOXIN; ARSENIC ACID; ISOLEUCINE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RNA 16S; TOXIN;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; DRUG TOLERANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSLATION; SODIUM STRESS; STARVATION; STRESS; UPREGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DRUG TOLERANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

EID: 85014743203     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02267-16     Document Type: Article

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