Biochemical characterization of a molecular switch involving the heat shock protein ClpC, which controls the activity of ComK, the competence transcription factor of Bacillus subtilis

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-128

  Turgay, Kürşad ^a   Hamoen, Leendert W ^b   Venema, Gerard ^b   Dubnau, David ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ClpC; ComK; competence; heat shock; HSP100; MecA

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

EID: 0031030242     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.1.119     Document Type: Article

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