Forespore‐specific disappearance of the sigma‐factor antagonist SpollAB: implications for its role in determination of cell fate in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 663-671

  Kirchman, Paul A ^a   DeGrazia, Henry ^a   Kellner, Ellen M ^a   Moran, Charles P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0027172850     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb01610.x     Document Type: Article

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