Incidence and function of sigma factors in Ralstonia metallidurans and other bacteria

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 255-268

  Nies, Dietrich H ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcaligenes eutrophus; Extracytoplasmic function; Ralstonia metallidurans; Sigma factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; COBALT; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAVY METAL; NICKEL; PROTEIN RPOE; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA METALLIDURANS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; STARVATION; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

GENOME, BACTERIAL; RALSTONIA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ALCALIGENES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEOBACTERIA; RALSTONIA; UNCULTURED BETA PROTEOBACTERIUM; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA; WAUTERSIA METALLIDURANS;

EID: 1842637867     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-004-0658-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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