Regulatory overlap and functional redundancy among Bacillus subtilis extracytoplasmic function σ factors

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6919-6927

  Mascher, Thorsten ^a,b   Hachmann, Anna Barbara ^a   Helmann, John D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CYCLOSERINE; DETERGENT; POLYMYXIN B; SIGMA FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTILITY; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULON; SIGV GENE; SIGY GENE; SIGZ GENE; YLAC GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOSFOMYCIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 34948888763     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00904-07     Document Type: Article

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