uspB, a new σ(S)-regulated gene in Escherichia coli which is required for stationary-phase resistance to ethanol

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 6140-6147

  Farewell, Anne ^a,b   Kvint, Kristian ^a   Nyström, Thomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; BACTERIAL DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA; USPB PROTEIN, E COLI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; INTERPHASE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTERPHASE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; REGULON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 0031597378     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.23.6140-6147.1998     Document Type: Article

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