A novel class of heat and secretion stress-responsive genes is controlled by the autoregulated CssRS two-component system of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 5661-5671

  Darmon, Elise ^a   Noone, David ^a   Masson, Anne ^a   Bron, Sierd ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a   Devine, Kevin M ^a   Van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HTRA; PROTEIN HTRB; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL FUNCTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HEAT STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036786262     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.20.5661-5671.2002     Document Type: Article

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