The Bacillus subtilis GntR family repressor YtrA responds to cell wall antibiotics

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 5793-5801

  Salzberg, Letal I ^a,c   Luo, Yun ^a   Hachmann, Anna Barbara ^a,d   Mascher, Thorsten ^a,b   Helmann, John D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAMBERMYCIN; LIPID; PROTEIN YTRA; RAMOPLANIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE REPRESSION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INVERTED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULON; REPRESSOR GENE; STIMULON; YWOB GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; DEPSIPEPTIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; OPERON; REGULON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 80053600422     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05862-11     Document Type: Article

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