A four-dimensional view of assembly of a morphogenetic protein during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 781-790

  Price, Kirsten D ^a   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MORPHOGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032943633     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.3.781-790.1999     Document Type: Article

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