spoIIQ, a forespore-expressed gene required for engulfment in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-39

  Londoño Vallejo, J Arturo ^a   Fréhel, Claude ^b   Stragier, Patrick ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0003124448     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3181680.x     Document Type: Article

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