Induction of extracytoplasmic function sigma factors in Bacillus subtilis cells with defects in lipoteichoic acid synthesis

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-35

  Hashimoto, Michihiro ^a   Seki, Takahiro ^a   Matsuoka, Satoshi ^a   Hara, Hiroshi ^a   Asai, Kei ^a   Sadaie, Yoshito ^a   Matsumoto, Kouji ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE DIACYLGLYCEROL INOSITOL 3 PHOSPHATIDYLTRANSFERASE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DIGLUCOSYLDIGLYCERIDE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGM GENE; SIGX GENE; SIGY GENE; WILD TYPE; YFNI GENE; YQGS GENE; YVGJ GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGMA FACTOR; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84871681186     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.063420-0     Document Type: Article

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