An extracellular stress-sensing protein is activated by heat and u.v. irradiation as well as by mild acidity, the activation producing an acid tolerance-inducing protein

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-14

  Rowbury, R J ^a   Goodson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRRADIATION; PROTEINS;

ACID TOLERANCE; ACIDIC PH VALUES; EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR STIMULI; MILD HEATS; STRESS SENSING; STRESS SENSOR; TOLERANCE INDUCTIONS; UV IRRADIATION;

HEAT TREATMENT;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; STRESS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032799385     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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