sigmaS, a major player in the response to environmental stresses in Escherichia coli: Role, regulation and mechanisms of promoter recognition

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Landini, Paolo ^a   Egli, Thomas ^b,c   Wolf, Johannes ^b,c   Lacour, Stephan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGMA FACTOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84892658301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12112     Document Type: Article

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