Two-stage regulation of an anti-sigma factor determines developmental fate during bacterial endospore formation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 913-924

  Kellner, Ellen M ^a   Decatur, Amy ^b   Moran Jr , Charles P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

EID: 0029840856     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.461408.x     Document Type: Article

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