| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The prevalent hypothesis is that they are involved in general environmental stress responses, e.g. to amino acid starvation, by induction of a bacteriostatic state and thus regulating the synthesis of macromolecules, such as DNA or proteins, depending on external nutrient supply (Gerdes et al., 2005; Kolodkin-Gal and Engelberg-Kulka, 2006).
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