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Inorganic polyphosphate in Escherichia coli: the phosphate regulon and the stringent response.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Apr 1998
Rao N N, Liu S, Kornberg A
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli transiently accumulates large amounts of inorganic polyphosphate (polyP), up to 20 mM in phosphate residues (Pi), in media deficient in both Pi and amino acids. This transient accumulation is preceded by the appearance of nucleotides ppGpp and pppGpp, generated in response to nutritional stresses. Mutants which lack PhoB, the response regulator of the phosphate regulon, do not accumulate polyP...
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