title: Heat shock proteins do not influence wet heat resistance of Bacillus subtilis spores.
abstract: Spores of Bacillus subtilis are significantly more resistant to wet heat than are their vegetative cell counterparts. Analysis of the effects of mutations in and the expression of fusions of a coding gene for a thermostable beta-galactosidase to a number of heat shock genes has shown that heat shock proteins play no significant role in the wet heat resistance of B. subtilis spores.
authors.affiliation: University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06032, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Melly
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Setlow
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000502:physiology*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D009154:Mutation; D013171:Spores, Bacterial; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D014867:Water