Non-specific, general and multiple stress resistance of growth-restricted Bacillus subtilis cells by the expression of the σ(B) regulon

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1129-1136

  Hecker, Michael ^a   Völker, Uwe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARVATION; STRESS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031679433     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00977.x     Document Type: Review

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