title: Identification of the Escherichia coli lytB gene, which is involved in penicillin tolerance and control of the stringent response.
abstract: The Escherichia coli lytB gene, which is involved in penicillin tolerance and control of the stringent response, was identified as a previously described open reading frame designated orf316 located in the ileS-lsp operon (0.4 min on the linkage map).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Gustafson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaul
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Ishiguro
mesh_terms: D000668:Ampicillin Resistance; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D001277:GTP Pyrophosphokinase / Q000235:genetics; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D009876:Operon; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017384:Sequence Deletion
chemical_list: D001277:GTP Pyrophosphokinase