Canonical and non-canonical EcfG sigma factors control the general stress response in Rhizobium etli

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 976-987

  Jans, Ann ^a   Vercruysse, Maarten ^a   Gao, Shanjun ^a   Engelen, Kristof ^c   Lambrichts, Ivo ^b   Fauvart, Maarten ^a   Michiels, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

proteobacteria; ECF sigma factor; EcfG; General stress response; PhyR; TcrX

Indexed keywords

EXTRACYTOPLASMIC FUNCTION SIGMA FACTOR; KATG PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECFG1 GENE; ECFG2 GENE; GENE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENERAL STRESS RESPONSE; GENETIC CODE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; KATG GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RNA GENE; RPOH2 GENE; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ECF SIGMA FACTOR; ECFG; GENERAL STRESS RESPONSE; PHYR; TCRX; Α-PROTEOBACTERIA;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SIGMA FACTOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84889639890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.137     Document Type: Article

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