Relative levels and fractionation properties of Bacillus subtilis σ(B) and its regulators during balanced growth and stress

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3701-3709

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FRACTIONATION; GEL FILTRATION; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029884668     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3701-9sigma.1996     Document Type: Article

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