A novel two-component regulatory system in Bacillus subtilis for the survival of severe secretion stress

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1159-1172

  Hyyryläinen, Hanne Leena ^a   Bolhuis, Albert ^b,d   Darmon, Elise ^b   Muukkonen, Leila ^a   Koski, Pertti ^a   Vitikainen, Marika ^a   Sarvas, Matti ^a   Prágai, Zoltán ^c   Bron, Sierd ^b   Van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^b   Kontinen, Vesa P ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BIOSENSOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRESS;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035788801     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02576.x     Document Type: Article

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