"Sigma Factor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A protein which is a subunit of RNA polymerase. It effects initiation of specific RNA chains from DNA.
| Descriptor ID |
D012808
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.930.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Sigma Factor- Sigma Factor
- Factor, Sigma
- Sigma Subunit
- Subunit, Sigma
- Sigma Initiation Factor
- Factor, Sigma Initiation
- Initiation Factor, Sigma
- Sigma Element
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sigma Factor" by people in Profiles.
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Gaida SM, Al-Hinai MA, Indurthi DC, Nicolaou SA, Papoutsakis ET. Synthetic tolerance: three noncoding small RNAs, DsrA, ArcZ and RprA, acting supra-additively against acid stress. Nucleic Acids Res. 2013 Oct; 41(18):8726-37.
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Bi C, Jones SW, Hess DR, Tracy BP, Papoutsakis ET. SpoIIE is necessary for asymmetric division, sporulation, and expression of sigmaF, sigmaE, and sigmaG but does not control solvent production in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824. J Bacteriol. 2011 Oct; 193(19):5130-7.
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Jones SW, Tracy BP, Gaida SM, Papoutsakis ET. Inactivation of sF in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 blocks sporulation prior to asymmetric division and abolishes sE and sG protein expression but does not block solvent formation. J Bacteriol. 2011 May; 193(10):2429-40.
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Tracy BP, Jones SW, Papoutsakis ET. Inactivation of sE and sG in Clostridium acetobutylicum illuminates their roles in clostridial-cell-form biogenesis, granulose synthesis, solventogenesis, and spore morphogenesis. J Bacteriol. 2011 Mar; 193(6):1414-26.
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Whitaker WB, Parent MA, Naughton LM, Richards GP, Blumerman SL, Boyd EF. Modulation of responses of Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 to pH and temperature stresses by growth at different salt concentrations. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Jul; 76(14):4720-9.
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Jones SW, Paredes CJ, Tracy B, Cheng N, Sillers R, Senger RS, Papoutsakis ET. The transcriptional program underlying the physiology of clostridial sporulation. Genome Biol. 2008; 9(7):R114.
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Dougherty MJ, Downs DM. A mutant allele of rpoD results in increased conversion of aminoimidazole ribotide to hydroxymethyl pyrimidine in Salmonella enterica. J Bacteriol. 2004 Jun; 186(12):4034-7.
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Harris LM, Welker NE, Papoutsakis ET. Northern, morphological, and fermentation analysis of spo0A inactivation and overexpression in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824. J Bacteriol. 2002 Jul; 184(13):3586-97.