Disappearance of the σ(E) transcription factor from the forespore and the SpoIIE phosphatase from the mother cell contributes to establishment of cell-specific gene expression during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3331-3341

  Pogliano, Kit ^a,b   Hofmeister, Antje E M ^a   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030925483     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.10.3331-3341.1997     Document Type: Article

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