Thioredoxin is an essential protein induced by multiple stresses in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1869-1877

  Scharf, Christian ^a   Riethdorf, Sabine ^a,b   Ernst, Henrik ^a   Engelmann, Susanne ^a   Völker, Uwe ^a,c   Hecker, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PUROMYCIN; THIOREDOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT STRESS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031940127     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.7.1869-1877.1998     Document Type: Article

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