RelA is a component of the nutritional stress activation pathway of the Bacillus subtilis transcription factor σB

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 5714-5721

  Zhang, Shuyu ^a   Haldenwang, W G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; STRESS; SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; LIGASES; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0141838960     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.19.5714-5721.2003     Document Type: Article

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