Spore development in Bacillus subtilis

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 531-537

  Piggot, Patrick J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL TYPE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0030272728     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(96)80080-3     Document Type: Article

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