Reactivation of the Bacillus subtilis anti-σ(B) antagonist, RsbV, by stress- or starvation-induced phosphatase activities

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 5456-5463

  Voelker, Uwe ^a,b   Voelker, Andrea ^a,b   Haldenwang, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INDUCTION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULON; STARVATION; STRESS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0029788057     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.18.5456-5463.1996     Document Type: Article

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