An exported peptide functions intracellularly to contribute to cell density signaling in B. subtilis

Cell

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 917-925

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

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0030830216     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80277-9     Document Type: Article

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