Regulation of LiaRS-dependent gene expression in Bacillus subtilis: Identification of inhibitor proteins, regulator binding sites, and target genes of a conserved cell envelope stress-sensing two-component system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 5153-5166

  Jordan, Sina ^a   Junker, Anja ^a   Helmann, John D ^b   Mascher, Thorsten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; INHIBITOR PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PALINDROMIC DNA; PROTEIN LIAF; PROTEIN LIARS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BINDING SITE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIRMICUTES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; LIAIHGFSR GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRESS; YHCYZ YHDA GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOTYPE; HOMEOSTASIS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIRMICUTES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33745923792     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00310-06     Document Type: Article

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