Cell surface localization and processing of the ComG proteins, required for DNA binding during transformation of Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 905-913

  Chung, Y S ^a   Breidt, F ^a,b   Dubnau, D ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL SURFACE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031950535     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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