Control of σ factor activity during Bacillus subtilis sporulation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1285-1294

  Kroos, Lee ^a   Zhang, Bin ^a   Ichikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Yu, Yuen Tsu Nicco ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033023331     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01214.x     Document Type: Review

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