SpoIVB has two distinct functions during spore formation in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-230

  Oke, Valerie ^a,d   Shchepetov, Mikhail ^b   Cutting, Simon ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031034767     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2091573.x     Document Type: Article

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