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- Reviews the investigations that led to the discovery of Spx and its orthologs
- Ties together the results of various studies that have explored the function and control of spx in Gram-positive organisms
- Provides an extensive update? of the limited published information this topic
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Microbiology (BRIEFSMICROBIOL)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This SpringerBrief on Spx reviews the investigations that led to the discovery of Spx and its orthologs and ties together the results of various studies that have explored the function and control of spx in Gram-positive organisms. Spx of Bacillus subtilis has been extensively studied, but very little has been published about it. This book incorporates a number of studies that have been conducted in other Gram positive bacteria, which examined the role of Spx orthologs in stress response, bacterial development and virulence.
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The book contains an overview that will introduce the protein and its orthologous forms, its association with RNA polymerase, the species of Gram-positive bacteria in which it is found, and the conditions in which it is abundant and active. Spx is a member of a large group of proteins belonging to the ArsC/Spx protein family, so the review touches upon the bioinformatic support for the protein family composition and its meaning with regard to protein structure/function. ​Â
Authors and Affiliations
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Institute of Environmental Health, Division of Environmental &, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, USA
Peter Zuber
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Function and Control of the Spx-Family of Proteins Within the Bacterial Stress Response
Authors: Peter Zuber
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Microbiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6925-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-6924-7Published: 06 June 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-6925-4Published: 05 June 2013
Series ISSN: 2191-5385
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5393
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 49
Number of Illustrations: 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medical Microbiology, Virology, Infectious Diseases