Functional regions of the Bacillus subtilis spore coat morphogenetic protein CotE

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 7043-7051

  Bauer, Tamara ^a   Little, Shawn ^a   Stöver, Axel G ^a   Driks, Adam ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EPITOPE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032719683     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.22.7043-7051.1999     Document Type: Article

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