A mycobacterial extracytoplasmic function sigma factor involved in survival following stress

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2922-2929

  Wu, Qi Long ^a   Kong, Dequan ^a   Lam, Kelvin ^b   Husson, Robert N ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Scriptgen Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEAT STRESS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030947960     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.9.2922-2929.1997     Document Type: Article

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