Genetic and physiological responses of Bacillus subtilis to metal ion stress

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-40

  Moore, Charles M ^a   Gaballa, Ahmed ^a   Hui, Monica ^a   Ye, Rick W ^b   Helmann, John D ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARGININE; ARSENIC; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CADMIUM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COPPER ION; CYSTEINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HISTIDINE; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; METAL ION; NEOMYCIN; NICKEL; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA; SILVER; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ZINC;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA MICROARRAY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME ASSAY; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; STRESS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IONS; METALS; OPERON; RECEPTOR, TRKA; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 15744390704     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04642.x     Document Type: Article

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