Expression profile and regulation of spore and parasporal crystal formation-associated genes in Bacillus thuringiensis

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 5487-5501

  Wang, Jieping ^a   Mei, Han ^a   Qian, Hongliang ^a   Tang, Qing ^a   Liu, Xiaocui ^a   Yu, Ziniu ^a   He, Jin ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; gene expression profiles; insecticidal crystal proteins (ICPs); iTRAQ; LC MS MS; metabolic regulation; RNA seq; spore and parasporal crystal formation; transcriptional regulation; translational regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX E2; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE OMEGA SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA SUBUNIT; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEOMICS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TRANSLATION REGULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLD SHOCK PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84890039780     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: 15353907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr4003728     Document Type: Article

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