Prespore-specific gene expression in Bacillus subtilis is driven by sequestration of SpoIIe phosphatase to the prespore side of the asymmetric septum

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1371-1380

  Wu, Ling Juan ^a   Feucht, Andrea ^a   Errington, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Differentiation; SpoIIE protein; Sporulation; Transcriptional regulation; (F)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE ENZYME; PHOSPHATASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TARGETING; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0011691317     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.9.1371     Document Type: Article

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