Insulation of the σF regulatory system in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 4390-4394

  Carniol, Karen ^a   Kim, Tae Jong ^b   Price, Chester W ^b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA F FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA R FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; FLIA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; RSBW PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SIGB PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGMA F REGULATORY SYSTEM; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 3042567413     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.13.4390-4394.2004     Document Type: Article

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