Cross-talk between the general stress response and sporulation initiation in Bacillus subtilis - the σB promoter of spo0E represents an AND-gate

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2741-2756

  Reder, Alexander ^a   Albrecht, Dirk ^a   Gerth, Ulf ^a   Hecker, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84867226288     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02755.x     Document Type: Article

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