Expression of the σ(B)-dependent general stress regulon confers multiple stress resistance in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 3942-3948

  Völker, Uwe ^a   Maul, Björn ^b   Hecker, Michael ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR; ACID; ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STARVATION; STRESS; ADAPTATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

ACIDS; ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ETHANOL; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; SIGMA FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0032586856     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.13.3942-3948.1999     Document Type: Article

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