The single extracytoplasmic-function sigma factor of Xylella fastidiosa is involved in the heat shock response and presents an unusual regulatory mechanism

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 551-560

  Da Silva Neto, José F ^a   Koide, Tie ^a   Gomes, Suely L ^a   Marques, Marilis V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA RESTRICTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MAPPING; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RPOE GENE; RSEA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XYLELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 33846258057     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00986-06     Document Type: Article

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