De novo fatty acid synthesis is required for establishment of cell type-specific gene transcription during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1215-1224

  Schujman, Gustavo E ^a   Grau, Roberto ^a   Gramajo, Hugo C ^a   Ornella, Leonardo ^a   De Mendoza, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERULENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CERULENIN; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031659307     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01004.x     Document Type: Article

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