The Bacillus SpoIIGA protein is targeted to sites of spore septum formation in a SpoIIE-independent manner

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 931-943

  Fawcett, Paul ^a   Melnikov, Alexandre ^b   Youngman, Philip ^b  

^a Department of Genetics ^*  (United States)

^b MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

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

EID: 0031807486     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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