title: Grasping at shadows: revealing the elusive nature of essential genes.
authors.affiliation: Biology of Gram-Positive Pathogens, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. tmsadek@pasteur.fr
authors.forename: Tarek
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Msadek
mesh_terms: D048168:Escherichia coli K12 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D016680:Genome, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D050296:Microbial Viability / Q000235:genetics*; D011485:Protein Binding; D055503:Protein Multimerization
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C512523:YeaZ protein, E coli; C500230:YjeE protein, E coli