Control of cell shape and elongation by the rodA gene in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 235-247

  Henriques, Adriano O ^a,b   Glaser, Philippe ^c   Piggot, Patrick J ^d   Moran Jr , Charles P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL SHAPE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH DISORDER; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031944802     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00766.x     Document Type: Article

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