Transcription factor SpoOA switches the localization of the cell division protein FtsZ from a medial to a bipolar pattern in Bacillus subtilis

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 478-488

  Levin, Petra Anne ^a   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Cell division; FtsZ; Immunofluorescence microscopy; Sporulation; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

GENE PRODUCT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOKINESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; COLORING AGENTS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDOLES; INTERCALATING AGENTS; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; PROPIDIUM; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029918758     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.4.478     Document Type: Article

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