Regulation of σ(B)-dependent transcription of sigB and asp23 in two different Staphylococcus aureus strains

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 558-566

  Gertz, S ^a   Engelmann, S ^a   Schmid, R ^b   Ohlsen, K ^c   Hacker, J ^c   Hecker, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

asp23; Bacillus subtilis; rsbU; sigB; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; ASP23 PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; PRIMER DNA; RSBU PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; SIGB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032588014     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051001     Document Type: Article

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