pH-Dependent activation of the alternative transcriptional factor σ(B) in Bacillus subtilis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 323-328

  Kovács, Tamás ^a   Hargitai, Attila ^a   Kovács, Kornél L ^a,b   Mécs, Imre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c Institute for Biotechnology Szeged   (Hungary)

Author keywords

(B); ATP regulation; Bacillus subtilis; pH stress; Signal transduction; Stress protein

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 18244413576     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00295-X     Document Type: Article

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