Transcriptional Regulation and Mechanism of SigN (ZpdN), a pBS32-Encoded Sigma Factor in Bacillus subtilis-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Transcriptional Regulation and Mechanism of SigN (ZpdN), a pBS32-Encoded Sigma Factor in Bacillus subtilis

Published:2019-10-29 Issue:5 Volume:10 Page:
ISSN:2161-2129
Container-title:mBio
language:en
Short-container-title:mBio

Author:

Burton Aisha T.¹,DeLoughery Aaron²,Li Gene-Wei²,Kearns Daniel B.¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

2. Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Abstract

Sigma factors are utilized by bacteria to control and regulate gene expression. Some sigma factors are activated during times of stress to ensure the survival of the bacterium. Here, we report the presence of a sigma factor that is encoded on a plasmid that leads to cellular death after DNA damage.

Funder

HHS | NIH | NIH Office of the Director

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Virology,Microbiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mBio.01899-19

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