The global transcriptional response of Bacillus subtilis to peroxide stress is coordinated by three transcription factors

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 243-253

  Helmann, John D ^a   Wu, Ming Fang Winston ^b   Gaballa, Ahmed ^a   Kobel, Phil A ^b,d   Morshedi, Maud M ^b   Fawcett, Paul ^c   Paddon, Chris ^b,e  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AFFYMAX RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DiscoveRx Corporation   (United States)

^e XenoPort Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KATA; PROTEIN MRGA; PROTEIN ZOSA; QS 21; TERT BUTYL PEROXIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OHRR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PERR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIGMA B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEOME; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TERT-BUTYLHYDROPEROXIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037215627     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.1.243-253.2003     Document Type: Article

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