 Sigma Factor
"Sigma Factor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A protein which is a subunit of RNA polymerase. It effects initiation of specific RNA chains from DNA.
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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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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2002 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sigma Factor" by people in Profiles.
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Junker S, Singh V, Al-Saadi AGM, Wood NA, Hamilton-Brehm SD, Ouellette SP, Fisher DJ. Distinct impacts of each anti-anti-sigma factor ortholog of the chlamydial Rsb partner switching mechanism on development in Chlamydia trachomatis. Microbiol Spectr. 2024 Dec 05; 12(12):e0184624.
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Ho TD, Nauta KM, Luhmann EK, Radoshevich L, Ellermeier CD. Identification of the Extracytoplasmic Function s Factor sP Regulon in Bacillus thuringiensis. mSphere. 2022 02 23; 7(1):e0096721.
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Harwood TV, Risser DD. The primary transcriptome of hormogonia from a filamentous cyanobacterium defined by cappable-seq. Microbiology (Reading). 2021 11; 167(11).
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Grosse-Siestrup BT, Gupta T, Helms S, Tucker SL, Voskuil MI, Quinn FD, Karls RK. A Role for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Sigma Factor C in Copper Nutritional Immunity. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Feb 20; 22(4).
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Gonzalez A, Riley KW, Harwood TV, Zuniga EG, Risser DD. A Tripartite, Hierarchical Sigma Factor Cascade Promotes Hormogonium Development in the Filamentous Cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme. mSphere. 2019 05 01; 4(3).
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Impens F, Rolhion N, Radoshevich L, Bécavin C, Duval M, Mellin J, García Del Portillo F, Pucciarelli MG, Williams AH, Cossart P. N-terminomics identifies Prli42 as a membrane miniprotein conserved in Firmicutes and critical for stressosome activation in Listeria monocytogenes. Nat Microbiol. 2017 Feb 13; 2:17005.
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Chauhan R, Ravi J, Datta P, Chen T, Schnappinger D, Bassler KE, Balázsi G, Gennaro ML. Reconstruction and topological characterization of the sigma factor regulatory network of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nat Commun. 2016 Mar 31; 7:11062.
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Lybecker M, Bilusic I, Raghavan R. Pervasive transcription: detecting functional RNAs in bacteria. Transcription. 2014; 5(4):e944039.
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Yin Y, Damron FH, Withers TR, Pritchett CL, Wang X, Schurr MJ, Yu HD. Expression of mucoid induction factor MucE is dependent upon the alternate sigma factor AlgU in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. BMC Microbiol. 2013 Oct 18; 13:232.
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McKee RW, Mangalea MR, Purcell EB, Borchardt EK, Tamayo R. The second messenger cyclic Di-GMP regulates Clostridium difficile toxin production by controlling expression of sigD. J Bacteriol. 2013 Nov; 195(22):5174-85.
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