The effect of hypochlorite on spores of Bacillus subtilis lacking small acid-soluble proteins

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 405-407

  Sabli, M Z H ^a   Setlow, P ^b   Waites, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY;

AFTER-TREATMENT; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FREEZE DRYING; PROTEIN BINDS; SMALL ACID-SOLUBLE PROTEINS; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS; VEGETATIVE CELLS; WILD TYPES; Β'' TYPE;

PROTEINS;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYPOCHLORITE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FREEZE DRYING; FUNGUS MUTANT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0030004416     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb01190.x     Document Type: Article

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