Bacterial differentiation: Sizing up sporulation

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-114

  Jenal, Urs ^a,b   Stephens, Craig ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SPOIIR PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; SPORE SPECIFIC PROTEINS, BACILLUS; SPORE-SPECIFIC PROTEINS, BACILLUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030079598     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00436-0     Document Type: Article

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