Involvement of superoxide dismutase in spore coat assembly in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2285-2291

  Henriques, Adriano O ^a,b   Melsen, Lawrence R ^a   Moran Jr , Charles P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031955996     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.9.2285-2291.1998     Document Type: Article

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