Functional analysis of genes comprising the locus of heat resistance in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 20, 2017, Pages

  Mercer, Ryan ^a   Nguyen, Oanh ^a   Ou, Qixing ^a   McMullen, Lynn ^a   Gänzle, Michael G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; EvgA; Heat resistance; Heat shock proteins; Locus of heat resistance; OmpR; Osmotic stress

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; PROTEINS; SALMONELLA; SPECIFIC HEAT; TRANSCRIPTION;

EVGA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; NACL CONCENTRATION; OMPR; OSMOTIC STRESS; PATHOGENIC STRAINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HEAT; METABOLISM; PLASMID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HOT TEMPERATURE; PLASMIDS;

EID: 85030670159     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01400-17     Document Type: Article

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