Analysis of the role of prespore gene expression in the compartmentalization of mother cell-specific gene expression during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2813-2817

  Zhang, Ling ^b   Higgins, Michael L ^b   Piggot, Patrick J ^b   Karow, Margaret L ^a,b  

^a REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0029880416     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.10.2813-2817.1996     Document Type: Article

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