Binding of σA and σB to core RNA polymerase after environmental stress in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-40

  Rollenhagen, Claudia ^a,b,c   Antelmann, Haike ^a   Kirstein, Janine ^a   Delumeau, Olivier ^b   Hecker, Michael ^a   Yudkin, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRESS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037215519     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.1.35-40.2003     Document Type: Article

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