The general stress response in Alphaproteobacteria

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 164-171

  Francez Charlot, Anne ^a   Kaczmarczyk, Andreas ^a   Fischer, Hans Martin ^a   Vorholt, Julia A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alphaproteobacteria; ECF sigma factor; General stress response; Histidine kinase; Response regulator; Two component system

Indexed keywords

NEGATIVE REGULATOR OF THE PHYLLOSPHERE REGULATOR RESPONSE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PYLLOSPHERE REGULATOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR SIGMA ECFG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; ECFG GENE; GENERAL STRESS RESPONSE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HEAT SHOCK; HUMAN; NEPR GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTNER SWITCHING MECHANISM; PHYR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULON; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHENOTYPE; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84936985499     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.12.006     Document Type: Review

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