Red light activates the σB-mediated general stress response of Bacillus subtilis via the energy branch of the upstream signaling cascade

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 755-762

  Ávila Pérez, Marcela ^a   Van Der Steen, Jeroen B ^a   Kort, Remco ^a,b   Hellingwerf, Klaas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RSBP PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE DELETION; GENE FUSION; LIGHT INTENSITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RED LIGHT; REGULON; REPORTER GENE; RNA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STRESS; UPREGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 75149184678     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00826-09     Document Type: Article

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