Oxidative stress is strongly implicated in a number of diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis,
inflammatory bowel disorders, and atherosclerosis, and its emerging as one of the most …

Bacteria are nutritionally starved most of the time and maintain fast growth rates during
availability, surviving prolonged periods of starvation as a result of elaborate physiological …

A starvation-inducible DNA-binding protein was discovered as a result of the analysis of
proteins synthesized in 3-day-old cultures of Escherichia coli. This 19-kD protein …

The σS (RpoS) subunit of RNA polymerase is the master regulator of the general stress
response in Escherichia coli and related bacteria. While rapidly growing cells contain very …

For many bacteria, successful growth and survival depends on efficient adaptation to rapidly
changing conditions. In Escherichia coli, the RpoS alternative sigma factor plays a central …

Escherichia coli K-12 contains at least 36 toxin genes, the expression of which causes
growth inhibition and eventual death. These toxins are usually co-expressed with their …

The cr subunit confers promoter-specific transcription initiation on RNA polymerase (4; for
reviews, see references 21 and 24). The identification, characterization, and sequence …

During carbon‐starvation‐induced entry into stationary phase, Escherichia coli cells exhibit
a variety of physiological and morphological changes that ensure survival during periods of …

Many microorganisms, including Escherichia coli, can survive extended periods of
starvation. The properties of cells that survived prolonged incubation in stationary phase …

Escherichia coli K-12 strains and Shigella flexneri grown to stationary phase can survive
several hours at pH 2 to 3, which is considerably lower than the acid limit for growth (about …