Stress triggers a process that limits activation of the Bacillus subtilis stress transcription factor σ(B)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1452-1456

  Scott, Janelle M ^a   Mitchell, Theresa ^a   Haldenwang, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RHOB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ADULT; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPERON; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033953881     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.5.1452-1456.2000     Document Type: Article

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