Anti-sigma factors in E. coli: Common regulatory mechanisms controlling sigma factors availability

Current Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 378-387

  Treviño Quintanilla, Luis Gerardo ^a   Freyre González, Julio Augusto ^b   Martínez Flores, Irma ^b  

^a Universidad Politecnica del Estado de Morelos   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anti sigma factors; Escherichia coli; Homeostasis; Negative feedback; Sigma factors; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; PROTEIN DNAK; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR 19; SIGMA FACTOR 24; SIGMA FACTOR 28; SIGMA FACTOR 32; SIGMA FACTOR 38; SIGMA FACTOR 70; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLGM GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON TRANSPORT; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84888090313     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: 18755488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389202911314060007     Document Type: Article

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