Structure and function of the Bacillus SpollE protein and its localization to sites of sporulation septum assembly

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1047-1060

  Barák, Imrich ^a,c   Behari, Jaideep ^a   Olmedo, Gabriela ^b   Guzmán, Plinio ^b   Brown, David P ^a   Castro, Elda ^b   Walker, DeEtte ^a   Westpheling, Janet ^a   Youngman, Philip ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPOROGENESIS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029976033     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.433963.x     Document Type: Article

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