The Brevibacterium flavum sigma factor SigB has a role in the environmental stress response

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-84

  Halgasova, Nora ^a   Bukovska, Gabriela ^a   Ugorcakova, Jana ^a   Timko, Jozef ^a   Kormanec, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Brevibacterium; Gene disruption; RNA polymerase; SigB; Sigma factor; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALCOHOL; KANAMYCIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; SIGB PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL VIABILITY; COLD STRESS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; HEAT STRESS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRESS; WILD TYPE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

BREVIBACTERIUM; BREVIBACTERIUM FLAVUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BREVIBACTERIUM FLAVUM; GENE DELETION; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SIGMA FACTOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037195382     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)00994-1     Document Type: Article

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