σECF factors of gram-positive bacteria: A focus on Bacillus subtilis and the CMNR group

Virulence

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Souza, Bianca Mendes ^a   de Castro, Thiago Luiz Paula ^a   de Carvalho, Rodrigo Dias Oliveira ^a   Seyffert, Nubia ^a   Silva, Artur ^b   Miyoshi, Anderson ^a   Azevedo, Vasco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Corynebacterium; ECF; Mycobacterium; Sigma factor; Stress response; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; CYTOCHROME P450; ENOYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN REDUCTASE (NADH); INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MULTIFUNCTIONAL ENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELLULAR STRESS SIGNAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DNA DAMAGE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 84903956931     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.29514     Document Type: Review

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