A novel hybrid kinase is essential for regulating the σB-mediated stress response of Bacillus cereus

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 730-745

  de Been, Mark ^a,b,c   Tempelaars, Marcel H ^a,b   van Schaik, Willem ^d   Moezelaar, Roy ^a,b   Siezen, Roland J ^a,c,e   Abee, Tjakko ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; SIGMA FACTOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77952245952     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02116.x     Document Type: Article

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