Decay of the ampicillin-induced lysis process in amino acid-deprived Escherichia coli.

doi:10.1128/AAC.34.1.164

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Decay of the ampicillin-induced lysis process in amino acid-deprived Escherichia coli.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jan 1990

Kusser W, Pisabarro A G, De Pedro M A, Ishiguro E E

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The ability to induce the ampicillin-mediated lysis of amino acid-deprived Escherichia coli by relaxing the stringent response decreased progressively during the course of amino acid deprivation, apparently because of a time-dependent decay in a key lysis event. The decay of this labile activity...

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Amino Acids
Ampicillin
Chloramphenicol
Escherichia coli
Phenotype

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