In vivo phosphorylation of partner switching regulators correlates with stress transmission in the environmental signaling pathway of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 6124-6132

  Kim, Tae Jong ^a   Gaidenko, Tatiana A ^a,b   Price, Chester W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ajinomoto Genetika Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PHOSPHATASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RSBRA PROTEIN; RSBS PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MODEL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GROWTH INHIBITORS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SALTS; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 4143126160     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.18.6124-6132.2004     Document Type: Article

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