Thermo-osmoregulation of heat-labile enterotoxin expression by Escherichia coli

Current Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 353-360

  Trachman, Julie D ^a   Yasmin, Munira ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENTEROTOXIN; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL GROWTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 8644235701     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-004-4282-y     Document Type: Article

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