SpoIIE mutants of Bacillus subtilis comprise two distinct phenotypic classes consistent with a dual functional role for the SpoIIE protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4984-4989

  Barák, Imrich ^a   Youngman, Philip ^a,b  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029768770     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.16.4984-4989.1996     Document Type: Article

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