title: Decay of the ampicillin-induced lysis process in amino acid-deprived Escherichia coli.
abstract: 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 was not apparent when ampicillin treatment was initiated early and maintained continuously throughout the amino acid starvation period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kusser
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Pisabarro
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: De Pedro
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Ishiguro
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000494:pharmacology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D002701:Chloramphenicol; D000667:Ampicillin