Isolation and characterization of Bacillus subtilis sigB operon mutations that suppress the loss of the negative regulator RsbX

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 3671-3680

  Smirnova, Natalya ^a,c   Scott, Janelle ^a   Voelker, Uwe ^b   Haldenwang, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL; PROTEIN RSBX; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032448264     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.14.3671-3680.1998     Document Type: Article

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