(p)ppGpp: Magic Modulators of Bacterial Physiology and Metabolism
When bacteria experience growth-limiting environmental conditions, the synthesis of the hyperphosphorylated guanosine derivatives (p)ppGpp is induced by enzymes of the RelA/SpoT homology (RSH)-type protein family. High levels of (p)ppGpp induce a process called “stringent response”, a major cellular...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.02072/full |