The σE regulon and the identification of additional sporulation genes in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 327, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 945-972

  Eichenberger, Patrick ^a   Jensen, Shane T ^b   Conlon, Erin M ^b   Van Ooij, Christiaan ^a   Silvaggi, Jessica ^a   González Pastor, José Eduardo ^a   Fujita, Masaya ^a   Ben Yehuda, Sigal ^a   Stragier, Patrick ^c   Liu, Jun S ^b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Bacterial genomics; Protein localization; Sigma factors; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL DNA; SIGMA E FACTOR; SIGMA-E FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BIOINFORMATICS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOMICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL FRACTIONATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037432566     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00205-5     Document Type: Article

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