The Bacillus subtilis GTP binding protein Obg and regulators of the σ(B) stress response transcription factor cofractionate with ribosomes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2771-2777

  Scott, Janelle M ^a   Ju, Jingliang ^a,b   Mitchell, Theresa ^a   Haldenwang, W G ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CYTOPLASM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034060502     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.10.2771-2777.2000     Document Type: Article

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