Bacillus subtilis spore coat

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-20

  Driks, Adam ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPOROGENESIS;

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

EID: 0032969092     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.63.1.1-20.1999     Document Type: Review

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