title: Cold shock response in Bacillus subtilis.
abstract: Following a rapid decrease in temperature, the physiology of Bacillus subtilis cells changes profoundly. Cold shock adaptation has been monitored at the level of membrane composition, adjustment in DNA topology, and change in cytosolic protein synthesis/composition. Some major players in these processes (cold-stress induced proteins and cold acclimatization proteins, CIPs and CAPs) have been identified and mechanisms in cold shock acclimatization begin to emerge; however, important questions regarding their cellular function still need to be answered.
authors.affiliation: Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Graumann
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Marahiel
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000502:physiology; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D003080:Cold Temperature; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D007535:Isomerases / Q000378:metabolism; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000378:metabolism; D017510:Protein Folding; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D007535:Isomerases