Salt-sensitivity of σH and Spo0A prevents sporulation of Bacillus subtilis at high osmolarity avoiding death during cellular differentiation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 108-124

  Widderich, Nils ^a   Rodrigues, Christopher D A ^b   Commichau, Fabian M ^c   Fischer, Kathleen E ^a   Ramirez Guadiana, Fernando H ^b   Rudner, David Z ^b   Bremer, Erhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE; SPO0A PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DESICCATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; KINA GENE; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SALINITY; SALT STRESS; SIGG GENE; SPO0A GENE; SPOROGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SALT TOLERANCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANCE; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84961392448     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13304     Document Type: Article

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