The heat-inducible essential response regulator WalR positively regulates transcription of sigI, mreBH and lytE in Bacillus subtilis under heat stress

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 998-1008

  Huang, Wan Zhen ^a   Wang, Jyun Jhih ^a   Chen, Hui Ju ^a   Chen, Jung Tze ^a   Shaw, Gwo Chyuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Heat stress; LytE; MreBH; SigI; WalR

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; PROTEIN LYTE; PROTEIN MREBH; PROTEIN SIGI; PROTEIN WALR; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT SHOCK; HEAT STRESS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; STIMULON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; HEAT STRESS; LYTE; MREBH; SIGI; WALR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84889096062     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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