General stress transcription factor σB of bacillus subtilis is a stable protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3668-3670

  Redfield, Ann R ^a,b   Price, Chester W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; REGULATOR GENE; REGULON; STRESS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030001215     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.12.3668-3670.1996     Document Type: Article

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