Contribution of Hfq to photooxidative stress resistance and global regulation in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1479-1495

  Berghoff, Bork A ^a   Glaeser, Jens ^a   Sharma, Cynthia M ^b   Zobawa, Monica ^c   Lottspeich, Friedrich ^c   Vogel, Jörg ^b   Klug, Gabriele ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN HFQ; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEOMICS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RNA SEQUENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 79958786333     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07658.x     Document Type: Article

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