A mycobacterial extracytoplasmic sigma factor involved in survival following heat shock and oxidative stress

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 4266-4274

  Fernandes, Norvin D ^a   Wu, Qi Long ^a,c   Kong, Dequan ^a,d   Puyang, Xiaoling ^a   Garg, Sumeet ^a   Husson, Robert N ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Dyax Corp   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT SHOCK; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; SIGE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032779309     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.14.4266-4274.1999     Document Type: Article

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