Homologous pairs of regulatory proteins control activity of Bacillus subtilis transcription factor σ(B) in response to environmental stress

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3846-3853

  Kang, Choong Min ^a   Brody, Margaret S ^a   Akbar, Samina ^a   Yang, Xiaofeng ^a   Price, Chester W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DELETION MUTANT; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUSION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0006039719     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3846-3853.1996     Document Type: Article

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