Modulator protein RsbR regulates environmental signalling in the general stress pathway of Bacillus subtills

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 567-578

  Akbar, Samina ^a   Kang, Choong Min ^a   Gaidenko, Tatiana A ^a   Price, Chester W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN SERINE KINASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENVIRONMENT; GENE MUTATION; HEAT STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 8244259184     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3631732.x     Document Type: Article

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