A vital stain for studying membrane dynamics in bacteria: A novel mechanism controlling septation during Bacillus subtilis sporulation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1149-1159

  Pogliano, Joe ^a   Osborne, Nick ^a   Sharp, Marc D ^a   Mello, Angelica Abanes De ^a   Perez, Ana ^a   Sun, Ya Lin ^a   Pogliano, Kit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; VITAL STAIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CELL MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033000497     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01255.x     Document Type: Article

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