Time-resolved transcriptomics and bioinformatic analyses reveal intrinsic stress responses during batch culture of Bacillus subtilis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Blom, Evert Jan ^a,d   Ridder, Anja N J A ^a,b   Lulko, Andrzej T ^a   Roerdink, Jos B T M ^b   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

^d KEYGENE N V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OXYGEN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR SIGB; SIGMA FACTOR SIGW; SPORULATION DELAY PROTEIN; SPORULATION KILLING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SIGB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SIGW PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; REGULON; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 80555145200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027160     Document Type: Article

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