Expression of a germination-specific amidase, sleB, of bacilli in the forespore compartment of sporulating cells and its localization on the exterior side of the cortex in dormant spores

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2373-2378

  Moriyama, Ryuichi ^a   Fukuoka, Hideyuki ^a   Miyata, Shigeru ^a   Kudoh, Sachio ^a   Hattori, Atsuhiko ^a   Kozuka, Satoshi ^b   Yasuda, Yoko ^b   Tochikubo, Kunio ^b   Makino, Shio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLI; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032931055     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.8.2373-2378.1999     Document Type: Article

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