cse15, cse60, and csk22 are new members of mother-cell-specific sporulation regulons in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 389-398

  Henriques, A O ^a,b   Bryan, Edward M ^a   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

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL SPECIFICITY; GENE MAPPING; GERMINATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATOR GENE; REGULON; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031032670     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.2.389-398.1997     Document Type: Article

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