Heterologous expression of a plant RelA-SpoT homologue results in increased stress tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by accumulation of the bacterial alarmone ppGpp

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2213-2224

  Ochi, Kozo ^a,b   Nishizawa, Tomoyasu ^b,e   Inaoka, Takashi ^b   Yamada, Akiyo ^c   Hashimoto, Kohsuke ^a   Hosaka, Takeshi ^d   Okamoto, Susumu ^b   Ozeki, Yoshihiro ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; INOSINATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PROTEIN SPOT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMARANTHACEAE; ARTICLE; CELL STRESS; CYTOSOL; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUAEDA JAPONICA; UPREGULATION;

CHENOPODIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; LIGASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUAEDA JAPONICA;

EID: 84865649086     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.057638-0     Document Type: Article

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