Role of Lon and ClpX in the post-translational regulation of a sigma subunit of RNA polymerase required for cellular differentiation in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 415-428

  Liu, Jiajian ^a,b   Cosby, W Mark ^b   Zuber, Peter ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ATP-DEPENDENT PROTEASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033042119     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01489.x     Document Type: Article

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