A negative feedback loop that limits the ectopic activation of a cell type-specific sporulation sigma factor of bacillus subtilis

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Serrano, Mónica ^a   Real, Gonçalo ^a   Santos, Joana ^a,d   Carneiro, Jorge ^b   Moran Jr , Charles P ^c   Henriques, Adriano O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN CSFB; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA G; SPORULATION SPECIFIC SIGMA FACTORS; SPORULATION-SPECIFIC SIGMA FACTORS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIVISION; CELL SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PROTEIN BINDING; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE; ALLELE; BACTERIAL SPORE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASPARAGINE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 80053435145     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002220     Document Type: Article

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