Osmotically controlled synthesis of the compatible solute proline is critical for cellular defense of Bacillus subtilis against high osmolarity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 5335-5346

  Brill, Jeanette ^a   Hoffmann, Tamara ^a   Bleisteiner, Monika ^a   Bremer, Erhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCEROL; LACTOSE; MESSENGER RNA; PHENYLALANINE; PLASMID DNA; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROLINE; RECOMBINANT DNA; RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; OSMOLARITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOIL MICROFLORA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROLINE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROBA;

EID: 80053613797     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05490-11     Document Type: Article

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