The extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors.

By John D. Helmann. Advances in Microbial Physiology, 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Genetics, Molecular Biology

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Citations in the corpus

• Adaptation of Bacillus cereus, an ubiquitous worldwide-distributed foodborne pathogen, to a changing environment (2010, background): “Among them, extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors are used to signal extracytoplasmic conditions to the cytoplasm (Helmann, 2002).”
• Antibiotics that inhibit cell wall biosynthesis induce expression of the Bacillus subtilisσW and σM regulons (2002, background): “Members of this family of regulators typically control cell envelope-related functions such as secretion, synthesis of exopolysaccharides, or ion import or efflux (Missiakas and Raina, 1998; Helmann, 2002).”
• A Continuum of Anionic Charge: Structures and Functions of d-Alanyl-Teichoic Acids in Gram-Positive Bacteria (2003, background): “subtilis is part of the x regulon (213).”
• Alkaline pH homeostasis in bacteria: new insights. (2005, background): “A group of the upregulated genes is under the control of r, one of the extracytoplasmic function family of r factors (ECF) that commonly regulate groups of genes in response to extracytoplasmic stimuli [76].”