Heat-shock and general stress response in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 417-428

  Hecker, Michael ^a   Schumann, Wolfgang ^b   Völker, Uwe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT SHOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STARVATION; STRESS;

EID: 0030034307     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.396932.x     Document Type: Review

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