Differential and independent roles of σ32 homolog (RpoH) and an HrcA repressor in the heat shock response of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 7509-7515

  Nakahigashi, Kenji ^a,c   Ron, Eliora Z ^b   Yanagi, Hideki ^a   Yura, Takashi ^a  

^a Kyoto University   (Japan)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPRESSOR GENE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 0032804614     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.24.7509-7515.1999     Document Type: Article

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