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The response to extracytoplasmic stress in Escherichia coli is controlled by partially overlapping pathways.
Genes & development - 1 Aug 1997
Connolly L, De Las Penas A, Alba B M, Gross C A
Abstract excerpt
The activity of the alternate sigma-factor sigmaE of Escherichia coli is induced by several stressors that lead to the extracytoplasmic accumulation of misfolded or unfolded protein. The sigmaE regulon contains several genes, including that encoding the periplasmic protease DegP, whose products are thought to be required for maintaining the integrity of the cell envelope because cells lacking sigmaE are sensitive...
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