Cell cycle and sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 630-635

  Levin, Petra Anne ^a   Grossman, Alan D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL CYCLE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0032248745     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(98)80107-0     Document Type: Article

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