Stress activation of Bacillus subtilis σ(B) can occur in the absence of the σ(B) negative regulator RsbX

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1980-1984

  Voelker, Uwe ^a,b   Luo, Tingqiu ^a   Smirnova, Natalya ^a   Haldenwang, William ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRESS;

EID: 0030985684     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.6.1980-1984.1997     Document Type: Article

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