The Enterococcus faecalis SigV protein is an extracytoplasmic function sigma factor contributing to survival following heat, acid, and ethanol treatments

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1022-1035

  Benachour, Abdellah ^a   Muller, Cécile ^a   Dabrowski Coton, Monika ^a,b   Le Breton, Yoann ^a,c   Giard, Jean Christophe ^a   Rincé, Alain ^a   Auffray, Yanick ^a   Hartke, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b ADRIA Normandie   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN RSIV; PROTEIN SIGV; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HEAT SHOCK; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; STARVATION; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, TERMINATOR; DNA PRIMERS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEAD; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 13244291345     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.3.1022-1035.2005     Document Type: Article

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