 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 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2002 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2026 | 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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Shapiro BL, Jaiswal P, Funkhouser-Jones LJ, Roy S, Van Gundy TJ, Bono JM, Lybecker MC, Garcia BL, Hyde JA, Skare JT. The Borreliella burgdorferi BosR-associated small non-coding RNA BasA regulates virulence. Infect Immun. 2026 Apr 15; 94(4):e0002626.
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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 12 05; 12(12):e0184624.
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Williamson KS, Dlakic M, Akiyama T, Franklin MJ. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa RpoH (s32) Regulon and Its Role in Essential Cellular Functions, Starvation Survival, and Antibiotic Tolerance. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jan 12; 24(2).
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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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Stewart PS, Franklin MJ, Williamson KS, Folsom JP, Boegli L, James GA. Contribution of stress responses to antibiotic tolerance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Jul; 59(7):3838-47.
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