A two-component system, an anti-sigma factor and two paralogous ECF sigma factors are involved in the control of general stress response in Caulobacter crescentus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1598-1612

  Lourenço, Rogério F ^a   Kohler, Christian ^a   Gomes, Suely L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN NEPR; PROTEIN PHYK; PROTEIN PHYR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE CONTROL; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGMA FACTOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 79958833520     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07668.x     Document Type: Article

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