The Alternative Sigma Factor σB of Bacillus cereus: Response to Stress and Role in Heat Adaptation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 316-325

  Van Schaik, Willem ^a,b   Tempelaars, Marcel H ^a,b   Wouters, Jeroen A ^a,b,c   De Vos, Willem M ^a   Abee, Tjakko ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; GENE PRODUCT; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ORF4; PROTEIN RSBV; PROTEIN RSBW; PROTEIN RSBY; PROTEIN SIGB; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR SIGMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRESS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HEAT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS ATCC 14579; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0347285396     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.2.316-325.2004     Document Type: Article

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