Sigma factor displacement from RNA polymerase during Bacillus subtilis sporulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 4969-4977

  Ju, Jingliang ^a   Mitchell, Theresa ^a   Peters III, Howard ^a,b   Haldenwang, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0032817065     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.16.4969-4977.1999     Document Type: Article

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