Heat shock proteins do not influence wet heat resistance of Bacillus subtilis spores.
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.
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University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06032, USA.
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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
D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D014867:Water