ClpC regulates the fate of a sporulation initiation sigma factor, σ(H) protein, in Bacillus subtilis at elevated temperatures

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 505-513

  Nanamiya, Hideaki ^a   Ohashi, Yoshiaki ^a   Asai, Kei ^b   Moriya, Shigeki ^b   Ogasawara, Naotake ^b   Fujita, Masaya ^c   Sadaie, Yoshito ^c   Kawamura, Fujio ^a  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MUTATION; OPERON; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031823625     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00943.x     Document Type: Article

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