CotM of Bacillus subtilis, a member of the α-crystallin family of stress proteins, is induced during development and participates in spore outer coat formation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1887-1897

  Henriques, Adriano O ^a,b   Beall, Bernard W ^a,c   Moran Jr , Charles P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING;

EID: 0030989822     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.6.1887-1897.1997     Document Type: Article

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