Recent Publications

Brody, M. S., K. Vijay, and C. W. Price. 2001. Catalytic function of an alpha/beta hydrolase is required for energy stress activation of the sB transcription factor in Bacillus subtilis.   J. Bacteriol. 183: 6422-6428. PubMed

Price, C. W. 2001. General stress response, p. 369-384.   In A. L. Sonenshein, R. Losick, and J. A. Hoch (eds.), Bacillus subtilis and Its Close Relatives: from Genes to Cells.   American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.

Price, C. W., P. Fawcett, H. Cérémonie, N. Su, C. K. Murphy, and P. Youngman. 2001. Genome-wide analysis of the general stress response in Bacillus subtilis.   Mol. Microbiol. 41: 757-774.   PubMed

Akbar, S., T. A. Gaidenko, C. M. Kang, M. O'Reilly, K. M. Devine, and C. W. Price. 2001. New family of regulators in the environmental signaling pathway which activates the general stress transcription factor sB of Bacillus subtilis.   J. Bacteriol. 183: 1329-1338. PubMed

Price, C. W. 2000. Protective function and regulation of the general stress response in Bacillus subtilis and related Gram positive bacteria, p. 179-198. In G. Storz and R. Hengge-Aronis (eds.), Bacterial Stress Responses.   American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.

Vijay, K., M. S. Brody, E. Fredlund, and C. W. Price. 2000. A PP2C phosphatase containing a PAS domain is required to convey signals of energy stress to the sB transcription factor of Bacillus subtilis.   Mol. Microbiol. 35: 180-188. PubMed

Akbar, S., S. Y. Lee, S. A. Boylan, and C. W. Price. 1999. Two genes from Bacillus subtilis under the sole control of the general stress transcription factor sB.   Microbiology 145: 1069-1078. PubMed

Gaidenko, T. A., X. Yang, Y. M. Lee, and C. W. Price. 1999. Threonine phosphorylation of modulator protein RsbR governs its ability to regulate a serine kinase in the environmental stress signaling pathway of Bacillus subtilis.   J. Mol. Biol. 288: 29-39. PubMed

Kang, C. M., K. Vijay, and C. W. Price. 1998. Serine kinase activity of a Bacillus subtilis switch protein is required to transduce environmental stress signals but not to activate its target PP2C phosphatase.   Mol. Microbiol. 30: 189-196. PubMed

Gaidenko, T. A., and C. W. Price. 1998. General stress transcription factor sB and sporulation transcription factor sH each contribute to survival of Bacillus subtilis under extreme growth conditions.   J. Bacteriol. 180: 3730-3733. PubMed

Brody, M.S., and C. W. Price. 1998. Bacillus licheniformis sigB operon encoding the general stress transcription factor sB.   Gene 212: 111-118. PubMed

Akbar, S. , C. M. Kang, T. A. Gaidenko, and C. W. Price. 1997. Modulator protein RsbR regulates environmental signaling in the general stress pathway of Bacillus subtilis.   Mol. Microbiol. 24: 567-578. PubMed

Akbar, S., and C. W. Price. 1996. Isolation and characterization of csbB, a gene controlled by Bacillus subtilis general stress transcription factor sB.   Gene 177: 123-128. PubMed

Yang, X., C. M. Kang, M. S. Brody, and C. W. Price. 1996. Opposing pairs of serine protein kinases and phosphatases transmit signals of environmental stress to activate a bacterial transcription factor.   Genes & Devel. 10: 2265-2275. PubMed

Kang, C. M., M. S. Brody, S. Akbar, X. Yang, and C. W. Price. 1996. Homologous pairs of regulatory proteins control activity of Bacillus subtilis transcription factor sB in response to environmental stress.   J. Bacteriol. 178: 3846-3853. PubMed

Redfield, A. R., and C. W. Price. 1996. General stress transcription factor sB of Bacillus subtilis is a stable protein.   J. Bacteriol. 178: 3668-3670. PubMed

Varon, D., M. S. Brody, and C. W. Price. 1996. Bacillus subtilis operon under the dual control of the general stress transcription factor sB and the sporulation transcription factor sH.   Mol. Microbiol. 20: 339-350. PubMed

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November 2001