Identification and characterization of WhiB-like family proteins of the Bifidobacterium genus

Anaerobe

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 421-429

  Averina, Olga V ^a   Zakharevich, Natalia V ^a   Danilenko, Valery N ^a  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Expression; Sequence alignment; Stress response; WhiB like protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BILE SALT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHIB LIKE PROTEIN; WHIE LIKE PROTEIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM GALLICUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT SHOCK; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; ORTHOLOGY; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STARVATION; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WHIB LIKE GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS SUBSP. LACTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM GALLICUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM;

EID: 84864376879     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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