The extracytoplasmic function sigma factors: Role in bacterial pathogenesis

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 301-308

  Bashyam, Murali D ^a,b   Hasnain, Seyed E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics   (India)

Author keywords

ECF; Extra cytoplasmic; Pathogenesis; Sigma factors; Stress response

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INVASION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA; FORECASTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 4544307933     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2004.04.003     Document Type: Review

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