Purification and characterization of an extracellular peptide factor that affects two different developmental pathways in Bacillus subtilis

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2014-2024

  Solomon, Jonathan M ^a   Lazazzera, Beth A ^a   Grossman, Alan D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cell cell signaling; Genetic competence; kinase; phosphatase; sporulation

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DENSITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPOROGENESIS; SUPERNATANT;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0029959768     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.16.2014     Document Type: Article

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