Elucidating the function of the RpoS regulon

Future Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 497-507

  Schellhorn, Herb E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adaptation; evolution; gene regulation; persistence; regulon; starvation; stationary phase; stress; viable but not culturable

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; RNA; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FLAGELLUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH CURVE; HOST; HUMAN; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; REVIEW; STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84900310041     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.14.9     Document Type: Review

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