The product of the yvoC (gerF) gene of Bacillus subtilis is required for spore germination

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3105-3109

  Robinson, Carl ^a,c   Rivolta, Carlo ^b   Karamata, Dimitri ^b   Moir, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Institut de Genetique et de Biologie Microbiennes Universite de Lausanne   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gerF; lgt; Lipoproteins; Spore germination; yvoC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031737204     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-11-3105     Document Type: Article

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