Expression of a stress- and starvation-induced dps/pexB-homologous gene is controlled by the alternative sigma factor σ(B) in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7251-7256

  Antelmann, Haike ^a   Engelmann, Susanne ^a   Schmid, Roland ^b   Sorokin, Alexei ^c   Lapidus, Alla ^c   Hecker, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INDUCTION; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STARVATION;

EID: 0030665283     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.23.7251-7256.1997     Document Type: Article

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