Bald mutants of Streptomyces griseus that prematurely undergo key events of sporulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 4643-4650

  Kwak, Jangyul ^a,b   Kendrick, Kathleen E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

EID: 0029744183     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.15.4643-4650.1996     Document Type: Article

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